Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program was once the envy of the recycling nation, boasting a return rate above ...

Dump the whole bag of bottles and cans in at once to get 10-cent deposit returns. The machines are only in two stores in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WJRT) - A new large capacity bottle return machine being tested at two Meijer stores in Michigan could revolutionize how customers redeem their 10-cent refunds. The machines ...

The improvement is an effort to shore up returns on beverage containers with 10-cent deposits, which took a big nosedive during COVID-19 shutdowns.

Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program was once the envy of the recycling nation, boasting a return rate above 95%. But in recent years it's slumped badly. The state shut down ...