Wednesday, August 5, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Oregon bottle deposit hike likely as redemption falls
By Jonathan J. Cooper
Associated Press
SALEM (AP) — New state
data show that Oregonians
are returning fewer beverage
bottles to redeem their five-
cent deposit, putting the state
on track to double the deposit
to 10 cents per bottle in 2017.
Figures released by the
Oregon Liquor Control
Commission on Wednesday
showed that just over 68 per-
cent of bottles were redeemed
in 2014, down nearly three
points from the year before.
Under a 2011 law aimed
at stemming the downward
trend in bottle redemption,
the deposit is slated to rise
Jan. 1, 2017, if the redemp-
tion rate does not stay above
80 percent for two consecu-
tive years.
“The dime will get the
consumer’s attention in a
big way,” said Vicki Berger,
a former state representa-
tive from Salem and a strong
advocate for the bottle bill.
“Unfortunately, it will prob-
ably cause a backlash against
the bottle bill, which I don’t
want to see.”
Berger’s father came up
with the bottle deposit con-
cept and convinced state law-
makers to adopt it in 1971.
It’s credited with significantly
boosting recycling and reduc-
ing litter, and has since been
replicated in nine other states,
12 Canadian provinces and
more than a dozen countries.
But redemption has fallen
precipitously since the 1990s,
when nearly all containers
were returned for a refund.
That’s due in part to the
growth of curbside recycling
and consumer frustration
with grocery store redemp-
tion rooms.
When they adopted the
deposit hike, lawmakers tried
to make the bottle-return pro-
cess less frustrating. They
allowed unified redemption
centers that aim to be cleaner,
faster and larger than those
in grocery stores. The instal-
lation of redemption cen-
ters has increased redemp-
tion rates within a 3.5-mile
radius, though by vary-
ing degrees, said Cherilyn
Bertges, a spokeswoman for
Oregon Beverage Recycling
Cooperative, which col-
lects and recycles containers
statewide.
At one store in Portland,
the number of redeemed
cans doubled, she said, while
others have seen a smaller
increase of 10 to 15 percent.
Twelve centers are now open,
with plans to eventually cre-
ate about 45.
“We believe the redemp-
tion centers are helping,”
Bertges said. “They are
increasing the (redemption)
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T h e y j u s t d o n ’t e x i s t
in enough places yet.”
Backers of the bottle bill
say redeeming the deposit is
preferable because the mate-
rials are presorted, preventing
contamination and avoiding
the substantial sorting costs
associated with curbside
recycling.
Another big change to the
bottle bill is also on the way.
In 2018 the bottle deposit
will begin applying to glass,
metal or plastic beverage
containers except those con-
taining milk, wine or liquor
— a significant expansion
over the current system.
Lawmakers said it made little
sense that a soda bottle would
require a deposit but a nearly
identical iced tea bottle
would not.
“People don’t realize the
billions and billions and bil-
lions of consumer contain-
ers in Oregon that never
went into the waste stream,
that were actually recycled,”
Berger said. “Particularly
aluminum, which is so highly
recyclable. All the energy
that didn’t have to go into
making new containers.”
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