Oregon House passes bottle bill update

Portland Business Journal:

The House on Wednesday passed a measure aimed at modernizing the state's landmark bottle bill, the container-deposit legislation first passed in Oregon in 1971. HB 3145, passed by a 47 to 12 margin, would add containers for most juice, tea and sports/energy drinks to the list of containers that can be recycled at redemption centers for a small refund. The measure would take affect no later than Jan. 1, 2017. It also includes incentives to keep the redemption rate high. For instance, if the redemption rate falls below 80 percent after 2016, the bottle deposit would increase from five cents to 10 cents per...

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