Unreturned cans, bottles more than doubled to over 1 billion last year
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Michigan consumers did not redeem $108 million in cans and bottles in 2020 for the 10-cent-per-container deposit, more than double the previous record of $43 million set in 2019, according to the Michigan Treasury Department.
Michigan consumers didn t redeem 1.08 billion bottles and cans in 2020 for the 10-cents-per-container deposit.
The Michigan Treasury Department is reporting a record-setting $108 million in unclaimed returns on bottles and cans last year.
The nine-figure sum of unclaimed dimes is more than double the $43 million in glass and plastic bottles and aluminum cans that consumers didn t redeem in 2019. It amounts to 108 unreturned containers for each Michiganian.
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