Yahoo

In states that pay bottle deposits, private redemption centers are struggling

Jul. 13—WEST BATH, Maine — On a recent morning, Tricia Rines, a redemption center worker in the small town of West Bath, Maine, expertly tossed dozens of different plastic returnable bottles into ...
Berkshire Eagle

With an outdated bottle bill, redeeming bottles and cans is a niche for two Berkshire nonprofits

Three and a quarter cents. That’s how much redemption centers make from wholesalers for empty bottles and aluminum cans that contained beer or soda. It’s been that way since 1982, when the minimum ...
Yahoo

Bottle bill changes leave more Iowans in the lurch for returning cans, bottles, group says

Two years after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law major changes in Iowa's bottle and can redemption program, a nonprofit says Iowans have far fewer options for where they can redeem their beverage ...
WTEN

Bottle redemption center to close as debate over bill continues

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—For several months, Jade Eddy has been sounding the alarm—calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to increase the 3.5 cent handling fee for bottle redemption centers to at least ...
Times Union

Can and bottle redemption centers teeter on the edge of insolvency

Jade Eddy, owner of MT Returnables redemption center, right, helps to sort bags of empty cans and bottles returned for 5 cent deposits on June 22 at MT Returnables redemption center in Queensbury.
Sun Journal

Poppy’s Redemption Center in Jay under threat of closing after appeal was placed

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VTDigger

Hartford Redemption struggles to keep employees in what owner fears is a dying trade

Micah Bouton, of Hartford, sorts cans by volume, distributor and beverage type at the Hartford Redemption Center on Tuesday, Dec. 27. It was his first day on the job as the center’s owner Jacob ...
WFSB

Bottle redemption centers seeing increase in traffic as state’s bottle bill changes

MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) - The new year is well underway and that means changes have been made to the state’s bottle bill. Bottle redemption centers are also seeing an increase in traffic. MT Bottle ...
VTDigger

Bob Cappadona: Bottle and can redemption is a drag on recycling

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NBC Connecticut

Bottle Redemption Centers Continue to Collect, Provide Cash for Needy

At Capital Redemption Center in Hartford, redeemers said the sound of bottles and cans clinking again means more cash for them in midst of the COVID-19 crisis. “People need money,” Dipik Patel owner ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa lawmakers closer to bottle bill deal but could kick the can down the road

AMANDA ROOKER TELLS US WHY ONE REDEMPTION CENTER OWNER SAYS THOSE CHANGES ARE CRUCL.IA AS LIVE: 13:53:45:09 YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF CANS STK AC UP HERE AT NEWTON REDEMPTION CENTER EVERY DAY. EACH ONE ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Can Shed, redemption centers facing added stress from pandemic, hoping for change to Iowa’s Bottle Bill

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Can Shed and other bottle redemption centers are facing added stress and strain to process bottles and cans during the pandemic. State officials gave grocery stores the ...