Have Empty Containers? Here’s Why You Should Return Your Bottles and Cans!

Lots of people enjoy a nice cold drink when the weather warms up, and if you like many have empty containers from your favorite carbonated beverages collecting somewhere, you may be wondering what the best way to dispose of them might be. If you have any empty bottles or cans, there’s no better option for disposal than by recycling them at your local bottle return and can return facility. Offering benefits to both you and Michigan’s natural environment, here is why you should return your empty bottles and cans.

Putting Your Dime Back Into Your Hands

When you return your empties at your local bottle and can returns you aren’t just helping to reduce the resources used in the manufacturing of new bottles and cans but you are also making sure that you get your bottle deposits and can deposits back. In Michigan, every carbonated beverage purchased has a 10 cent deposit placed on it, and if you are looking to ensure that your dime gets back into your hands, the only way is to return your empties at your local grocery stores bottle and can deposit systems.

Preserving Michigan’s Most Important Natural Resource

Recycling plays an important role in preserving Michigan’s environment, and returning your bottles and cans is one of the best ways to ensure that you are doing your part in preserving Michigan’s most important natural resource. When you recycle your empty bottles and cans, 100% of the glass, plastic, and aluminum from the recycled containers is used in the manufacturing of new beverage containers, meaning that less of Michigan’s resources are consumed in the manufacturing process! Not only that but recycling your bottles and cans helps to drastically reduce the amount of carbon released by the manufacture of new bottles and cans into the atmosphere, with every 12 pack redeemed reducing CO2 emissions by 1.8 pounds!

Helping to preserve Michigan’s natural resources while putting your dime back into your hands, when you have bottles and cans collecting in your home, there’s no better option than to return them at your local bottle and can returns. If you would like to learn more of the benefits of returning your empty bottles and cans, or if you are looking to find informational resources that can help you learn more, you can find what you are looking for with help from Take Em Back. Contact us today to learn more about the benefits that returning your bottles and cans can provide!