Reply #2: It's not extra revenue for the state. [View All]

[Lefty48197]

The retailers and wholesalers both charge their customers ten cents per bottle/can. The issue came up several years ago, as to who would get the "profits". It turns out that an extraordinary percentage of the deposit bottles/cans never get returned for redemption. The number was amazing, something like 10% if I recall correctly. The question was: Who would get the extra 10%, the retailers, or the wholesalers? I think they wound up splitting the difference. The only thing the state of Michigan ever got out of the deal was cleaner roadways. We need to expand the law to include the non-carbonated single serving drink containers that are currently not covered by the "bottle bill".