Bottle Bills in the News
Michigan

• Michigan's need is for expanded bottle deposit law
  (Opinion) Lansing State Journal. November 12, 2008
• Expansion, not fraud, is top bottle issue: Legislature shouldn't get derailed by smuggling idea
  (Editorial) Lansing State Journal. November 10, 2008
• Deposit law fraud costs Michigan millions
  Battle Creek Enquirer. October 28, 2008
• Michigan’s Generous Bottle Refund Law Poses Problems
  Finding Dulcinea. October 28, 2008
• States find a can of worms in bottle deposit laws
  Associated Press. October 26, 2008.
• In Hard Times, Michigan School Running On Empties
  NPR. October 21, 2008
• Making their pitches
  Monroe News. October 7, 2008
• Penny pinching recycling plan better for Michigan than expansion of bottle bill law
  (Editorial) The Grand Rapids Press. September 27, 2008
• MUCC still pushing for expansion of bottle deposit law
  Spinal Column. August 19, 2008
• Joint venture brings efficiency, convenience to container returns
  Kalamazoo Gazette. August 17, 2008
• Nickled and dimed: Beverage dealers losing money to deposit fraud
  Kalamazoo Gazette. August 17, 2008
• Parks, MUCC team up to extend Bottle Bill
  The Daily News. August 11, 2008
• 'Bottle Bill' update going nowhere in Legislature: Effort stalls as retailers worry about expenses
  Lansing State Journal. August 7, 2008
• Park association joins effort to expand bottle bill: Water and other drink bottles should be included, group says
  Detroit Free Press. August 6, 2008
• Are plastic bottles producing our new litter problem?
  (Opinion) Monroe News. August 2, 2008
• If lawmakers won't lead on deposits, voters will
  (Editorial) Traverse City Record-Eagle. July 30, 2008
• It's time for Michigan to get down to business on recycling
  (Opinion) Lansing State Journal. July 25, 2008
• Ties questionable for deposit advocate
  (Letter to the Editor) Flint Journal. July 23, 2008
• Timing wrong to expand state's bottle deposit law
  (Editorial) The Oakland Press. July 13, 2008
• Should state add deposit on drink containers?
  (Opinion) The Detroit News. July 11, 2008
• Retailers, trade groups fight expansion of bottle deposit rules
  Crain's Detroit Business. June 30, 3008
• Expanded bottle bill would bring many benefits
  (Opinion) The Grand Rapids Press. June 28, 2008
• Bottle recycling plan worth overcoming obstacles
  The Grand Rapids Press. June 27, 2008
• Container deposit law should be expanded
  (Editorial) Flint Journal. June 25, 2008
• Group wants to put deposits on water bottles, other containers
  Hillsdale Daily News. June 24, 2008
• Stop out-of-state bottle smugglers
  (Opinion) Detroit Free Press. June 24, 2008
• Bottle battle far from over
  Muskegon Chronicle. June 23, 2008
• Urge expansion of bottle bill
  (Letter to the Editor) Battle Creek Enquirer. June 23, 2008
• Dime deposit on water, juice unlikely in Michigan
  Associated Press. June 22, 2008
• MUCC reinvigorated by bottle bill
  (Opinion) Traverse City Record-Eagle. June 22, 2008
• Expanded bottle bill would be clean deal for Michigan
  (Editorial) Detroit Free Press. June 19, 2008
• Deposits on bottled water? Group pushes to spread law to other nonrefundable containers littering state
  Detroit Free Press. June 18, 2008

2007

• Michigan's deposit law should be expanded
  (Letters to the editor) - Detroit Free Press. December 28, 2007
• Recycling better than deposit law
  (Opinion) - Detroit Free Press. December 27, 2007
• No deposit, no return; expanding bottle bill
  Ionia Sentinel-Standard. December 25, 2007
• Eliminate scams with return laws
  (Opinion) - MonroeNews.com. November 5, 2007
• Store owners brace for more bottle woes
  The Oakland Press. October 28, 2007
• Michigan AG Cracks Down on Container Smuggling Ring
  Recycling Today. September 28, 2007
• Suspects Arraigned In Pop Can Smuggling Ring: Authorities: Smuggling Rings Defrauded Mich. Bottle Deposit Fund (Michigan)
  Clickon Detroit. September 26, 2007
• Banking on returns: What happens to money from unreturned bottles?
  Cadillac News. September 19, 2007
• The bottle refund law: What it is, how it works
  Monroenews.com. September 8, 2007
• Lawmaker wants to crack down on fraudulent bottle returns
  Associated Press. September 6, 2007
• Here's our dime for all bottles
  (Editorial) - July 30, 2007. Petoskey News -Review
• Time to beef up bottle law? Many push for deposit on water, sports drinks
  The Detroit News. March 28, 2007