Redemption Rate For Empty Bottles And Cans Sinks To 60% As Consumers Forfeit $60 Million in Deposits Refunds
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Monday, October 26, 2020
Those increased sales generated $56 million more in deposit money collected by supermarkets from consumers and paid to the state in fiscal year 2019/20.
Key Points:
- Those increased sales generated $56 million more in deposit money collected by supermarkets from consumers and paid to the state in fiscal year 2019/20.
- Consumers returned 7.9% fewer empties for refunds in those six months.
- California is the only state that pays haulers consumer deposits from bottles and cans thrown into blue bins, while also paying them for processing the empties.
- The bottle deposit system is meant to reduce litter, conserve energy via the provision of convenient locations for consumers to return empties and collect deposit refunds.