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Bottle returns have been a unique way for decades for Michiganders to pocket some extra cash. Now, state lawmakers are again attempting to expand that policy to include all beverages, with the ...

Once boasting redemption rates above 95%, Michigan's redemption rate on its 10-cent deposit on some beverage bottles and cans has dropped significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic. A new University of ...

In Shea Carney's house, those beverage bottles and cans eligible for a 10-cent deposit return have become more of a nuisance than a useful income boost. "I used to take them in myself but now I ...