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The Mississippi River drains more than 40 percent of the continental U.S. – just how much trash does it take along with it?

Apr. 21—When William Dunne picked up the phone to talk with a reporter during the grand opening of his business, B&B Redemption Center in Cascade — he spoke over the

B&B Redemption Center in Cascade is one of a handful of new redemption centers to open in Iowa since the Iowa Legislature last year updated the 45-year-old bottle bill. A major change was increasing the handling fee going to redemption centers from 1 to 3 cents per container. Those extra pennies started flowing in January.

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch An amended House bill would raise handling fees for can and bottle redemption centers. The Iowa House’s proposal to revamp the state’s 1979-vintage beverage container deposit law earned mixed reviews at a public hearing Tuesday night. Before the session started, Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R-Peosta, filed an amendment to House File 814 that would raise the handling fee paid to redemption centers. That change would align the bill more with a version considered by the Senate. Both chambers are looking at bills that would allow g...

A bill significantly changing Iowa’s 40-plus-year-old bottle and can deposit law is on the move in the Iowa Legislature. And in its current form, lawmakers should toss it into a recycling bin. The bill, Senate File 368, would allow beverage retailers to opt-out of collecting containers and redeeming consumers’ 5-cent deposits if the store is within 20 miles of a redemption center. That’s going to mean a lack of convenience and long drives for many Iowans. On the plus side, the bill does increase the handling fee paid to redemption centers from 1 cent per container to 2 cents, but only t...