Bill would expand Michigan’s bottle deposit law while some want to abolish it

LANSINGSen. Sean McCann, D-Kalamazoo, is the sponsor of legislation to extend the state’s bottle deposit law, including adding containers of noncarbonated beverages, water and hard cider.Voters overwhelmingly passed the 10-cent-per-container law in 1976, and McCann’s bill would authorize putting the proposed expansion on the state ballot in November.How...

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