If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Imagine walking into your local Costco with a bag full of plastic bottles and, minutes later, having enough money to get a couple of enormous pizzas from the food court. That's the reality behind a ...

Reverse vending machine marketed in Asia by plastic recycler Max Craipeau is designed to accept, identify and shred PET plastic beverage containers. The Botol reverse vending machine has been designed ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA — In another effort to boost recycling in Washington, a group of state legislators is advocating for a bill that would create a new system for recycling bottles and cans. House Bill 2144 would ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Tuesday, 7News learned about an attempt to give D.C. residents money when they hand in plastic bottles. 7News went out on a boat on the Anacostia River to look at the ...

BILL SUPPORTERS WANT CONSUMERS TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY THEY ARE BORROWING THE CONTAINER AND THEY’LL GET THEIR DEPOSIT BACK WHEN THEY RETURN IT. WHAT DO WE NEED? A BOTTLE BILL. WE NEED ONE. DOZENS OF ...

The new rules will also apply to aluminium cans and steel single-use containers.