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 has 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 ...

Since its launch in February last year, hundreds of millions of bottles and cans have been recycled through the deposit return scheme, and a trip to the machine is now well ingrained in most people's ...