Looking to Make a Positive Impact? Return Your Empty Bottles and Cans!

If you, like many, enjoy a refreshing, carbonated beverage every once in a while, making sure that you dispose of your empty bottles and cans may seem like a chore. Returning your empty bottles and cans is one of the best things you can do to dispose of them, and if you are looking to make a positive impact, you should really consider returning your empties at your local bottle return and can return stations. If you are interested in learning how returning your bottles and cans help contribute to a greener Michigan, here is what you need to know.

Helping to Reduce Waste

One of the biggest ways that returning your empty beverage containers at your local grocery store helps to contribute to a positive impact, is by helping to reduce waste! With 100% of bottles and cans reused in the manufacture of new bottles and cans, returning your empties is one of the best ways to help reduce waste! Helping to conserve important resources like glass, aluminum, and plastic, returning your empties is one of the best ways to contribute to a cleaner Michigan.

Reducing Carbon Emissions

the positive impact from returning your empty bottles and cans doesn’t stop at just helping to reduce waste plastic, glass, and aluminum. Returning your empties also helps to reduce the amount of carbon emissions produced from the manufacturing of new bottles and cans. With every 12 pack of cans returned helping to reduce the amount of co2 produced by about 1.8 pounds, you can effectively reduce the same amount of carbon as the amount produced when powering a home in the united states for 3.5 hours!

While it may not seem like much, small things add up, and when you have bottles and cans piling up, you can drastically reduce the environmental impact of the manufacture of new bottles and cans by returning your empty beverage containers at your local grocery store.

When you are looking for one of the easiest ways to help contribute to a greener, cleaner Michigan, you can be sure that you are helping to make a positive impact by returning your empty bottles and cans. If you would like to learn more about how returning your empties helps the environment, check out our resources, or contact us today!