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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For any shopper who's fed one bottle or can after another into the redemption machine at the supermarket for those 10-cent beverage deposit returns, it sounds like a breakthrough: a machine where you ...

New bulk-return machines allow shoppers to redeem an entire bag of bottles and cans at once. These more convenient machines are not widely available in Michigan due to their cost and the state's ...

Bottle and can deposit machines inside Quebec grocery stores are being phased out as part of a Consignaction modernization ...