Looking to Get Rid of Your Empty Bottles and Cans? Here is Why You Should Return Them at Your Local Bottle and Can Return.

If you have a collection of bottles and cans piling up in your home, you may be wondering just how you can get rid of them. Properly disposing of your empty beverage containers is important, especially in the state of Michigan, as returning your empty bottles and cans at your local bottle and can return stations can be quite beneficial. When you are looking to get rid of your empties, here is why you should Take Em Back!

Helping to Cut Down on Waste and Emissions

One of the most important benefits that returning your empties at your local grocery store’s bottle return and can return stations is that it helps contribute to a greener Michigan. For every 12 pack of cans returned at one of Michigan’s bottle and can returns, carbon emissions from the manufacture of new containers are reduced by 1.8 pounds! With 100% of the materials from returned bottles and cans reused in the manufacturing of new containers, you are helping to reduce the amount of plastic, aluminum, and glass waste produced by other disposal methods. In addition to this, since its introduction in 1978, Michigan’s bottle deposit law has resulted in a 50% reduction of litter across the entire state!

Helping to Put Your Dime Back Into Your Hands

In the state of Michigan, when you purchase any bottled or canned carbonated beverage, you also pay a 10-cent deposit on the container that your beverage comes in. By Michigan law, any store that sells those beverages is required to return your dime when you bring your bottles and cans back. With the only way to get your deposit back to be to return your bottles and cans at your local grocery store, you are incentivized to get your dime back otherwise it’s gone for good. Once you get your 10-cent deposit back, it’s yours to spend however you like!

Helping to contribute to a greener Michigan, while also helping to put your dime back into your hands, when you are looking for the best way to dispose of your bottles and cans, there’s no better way than to Take Em Back. To learn more about Michigan’s bottle and can return systems, we invite you to contact us today!