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Connecticut bottle and can redemption centers overwhelmed

Connecticut bottle and can redemption centers overwhelmed
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The machines are getting all bottled up at bottle and can redemption centers across Connecticut.

Reports say that's been happened ever since the start of 2024, now that the new year has brought in a doubling of the state's deposit for returnable cans and bottles.


It seems that some people held off on their trips to the recycling centers late last year, when they could get back only a nickel for each bottle bottle.

Now it's a dime, and Francis Bartolomeo, owner of Fran's Cans and Bart's Bottles in Oakville, tells Channel 3 that she's been getting calls from people asking "can you take 10,000" bottles?