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A Senate subcommittee on Thursday advanced a bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores to opt out of accepting empty beverage containers that are now covered by Iowa’s 1978
DES MOINES - A Senate subcommittee on Thursday advanced a bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores to opt out of accepting empty beverage containers that are now covered by Iowa's 1978 bottle-deposit law.
A big road construction project is in the early talking stages in Terre Haute.
Radio Iowa You are here: Home Pressure builds for changes to Iowa’s Bottle Bill The battle over Iowa’s so-called “bottle bill” which set the nickel deposit fee on cans and bottles with carbonated and alcoholic beverages in 1979 will again be waged in the 2021 Iowa legislature. House Speaker Pat Grassley, a Republican from New Hartford, told Radio Iowa he hears about it “constantly.” “The question of tackling the Bottle Bill has 100 different opinions on what that looks like,” Grassley said during an interview. Michelle Hurd, president of the Iowa Grocery Industry Association, ...
MANCHESTER, Iowa â In less than one month, a redemption center will open again in Manchester. Can Shed, of Cedar Rapids, will open a satellite facility on Jan. 7 in the back of Manchesterâs Unlimited Services Inc. âWe are planning on opening up a location part time,â said Troy Willard, owner and CEO of Can Shed. âOur business model is a little different. We encourage people to bring things back according to the bulk system. One of the big things people will like there in Manchester is they will be walking out with their money.â Willard said Can Shed will utilize ...