Salem, Ore. – Beginning April 1, consumers will receive 10 cents for each beverage container they recycle at a return center.
This is the first increase in Oregon’s Bottle Bill’s 45-year history, according to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
Bend’s bottle return center accepts up to 350 containers per person per day.
With the increase, the most a person can receive in one trip is will go from $17.50 to $35.
The center processes about 1.8 million beverage containers per month.
Introduced in 1971, Oregon’s Bottle Bill, the first of its kind in the nation, was designed to give consumers incentive to return their beverage containers to get recycled.
