Oregon Bottle Bill May Include Canned Wine

Oregon’s State Senatepassed, 23-4, and sent to the Stae House  a measure that would apply the state’s 10-cents “bottle bill” deposit to canned wine.

“Once an oddity, wine packaged in cans is increasingly to be found on store shelves,” said Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland. “Consumers assume that those cans carry deposits and can be redeemed.”

Until now, wine hasn’t been included in the deposit bills because some larger wine bottles wouold be difficult to recycle  using current equipment.

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