(WWJ) – Nearly 50 years ago Michiganders voted to pass a bottle deposit law.
Ever since 1976, we’ve paid 10 cents extra per bottle or can of pop, beer or carbonated water – and of course, you can get that dime back by returning said container.
For decades, it was a wildly successful program, with return percentages staying in the upper 90s. But on a new Daily J podcast WWJ’s Zach Clark learns the number of cans and bottles being returned has plummeted, in part due to inflation and the temporary halt of returns during the pandemic.
So does the law need to be adjusted? Or even just done away with?