Oregon

Name The Beverage Container Act
Purpose To reduce litter and increase recycling
Date Enacted 7/2/71
Date Implemented 10/1/72
Beverages Covered Beer, malt, carbonated soft drinks, & bottled water
Containers Covered Any individual, separate, sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar containing a beverage
Amount of Deposit Standard refillable: 2¢; all others 5¢
Reclamation System Retail stores
Unredeemed Deposits Retained by distributor/ bottlers
Handling Fee none
Redemption Rate overall 84% (vi)

Footnotes

[vi] Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, as per e-mail communication from Peter Spendelow on 8/2/01 (year 2000 estimate).

Updated June 15, 2008