I just read an article on-line in the Freep. It was about the anniversary of Michigan’s bottle return law that turned 30 yesterday. It raised the question of adding non-carbonated beverages to the list of returnables, and problems with consumers returning bottles and cans that were purchased elsewhere. I immediately had visions of Kramer driving Newman’s mail truck to another state to return the huge load of returnable cans he had in the back. It seems Michigan has a Kramer problem. Too many people returning their out of state plastic here.
The problem may soon to be resolved. The article said that State Rep. Steve Bieda would introduce amended bills to stop the out of state bottle fraud with penalties for retailers who knowingly pay for them. And return machines will be keyed to reject any containers from out of state.
I don’t know why this hasn’t happened sooner. And I do not get that both Pepsi and Coke haven’t had to add their water bottles, which are the two most popular drinking waters, to the list of refundables. The amount of plastic water bottles that will take forever to break down in our trash dumps in inexcusable.
Adding non-carbonated beverages to the list of refundables, and curbside recycling at no additional cost to the consumer, would keep a huge amount of debris out of the trash dumps. I say “at no cost to the consumer” because some communities whose residents took the time to sort their plastic, metal, and glass actually saw their rates go up.
We have to think of something to do with the refuse that goes into dumps if we’re ever going to phase them out. I think we’re still pretty wasteful as a society that should know better.
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