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Bottle-deposit fraud target of new state bills
When vendors deliver their product, they take cans and bottles away. No such system exists for popular bottled water or energy drinks.
Charles Roltsch - Capital News Service
Published: December 8, 2008
LANSING — Michigan’s bottle return law, passed in 1976, is responsible for the nation’s best bottle and can recycling rates. According to the Michigan Department of the Treasury, 97 percent of beer and soft drink containers are returned.

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