WaPo: D.C. Council bill would allow bottles and cans to be recycled for cash

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From The Washington Post:

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would allow people to return used bottles and cans for a deposit, reviving a local push for the recycling method after the bottling industry crushed a similar effort in the 1980s.

The “bottle bill,” introduced by Ward 1 council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D), would use fees from beverage companies to fund a new recycling program for beverage containers, separate from D.C.’s single-stream recycling program. The bill would add a refundable 10-cent deposit to the price of beverage containers sold in D.C. stores and create a system for people to return empty bottles and cans to get the deposit back.