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

  • Conan Smith is president of the Michigan Environmental Council. MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    Conan Smith is president of the Michigan Environmental Council. MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

    LANSING

    Sen. 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.

    However, the Midwest Independent Retailers Assoc…