Wondering How Returning Your Bottles and Cans Makes a Difference? Here is How You Can Help Make a Positive Impact!

Many enjoy a cool refreshing carbonated beverage from time to time, and if you, like most, find yourself with a number of empty bottles and cans piling up in your home, you may be wondering just what the best way to get rid of them is. It’s no secret that recycling is the best option when it comes to conserving resources, but just how much of a difference does returning your empty bottles and cans actually make?

Helping to Cut Down on Waste and Conserve Resources

One of the ways that returning your bottles and cans can help to make a positive impact is by helping to conserve Michigan’s resources! With 100% of each container returned at the bottle return and can return stations at any of Michigan’s markets being recycled in the manufacture of new bottles and cans, you can be sure that when you are returning your empties you are helping to reduce the amount of aluminum, plastic, and glass waste produced from other methods of disposal.

Reducing Harmful Emissions

When you return your empty bottles and cans, you aren’t just helping to reduce the amount of wasted resources, you’re also helping to reduce the harmful emissions sent into the atmosphere! For every 12 pack of cans recycled through Michigan’s bottle and can return systems, carbon dioxide emissions from bottle and can manufacturing is reduced by approximately 1.8 pounds! That’s the same amount of CO2 produced when powering the average US home for 3.5 hours!

Helping to Protect Michigan’s Environment

Because of the reduction of waste and emissions as well as the conservation of valuable resources, one of the most important ways that returning your empty bottles and cans helps you make a positive impact is by helping preserve Michigan’s environment! Not only that, but since its introduction in 1978 the Michigan deposit law has resulted in an overall reduction of litter statewide by about 50%! When you return your empty bottles and cans, you’re helping to contribute to a more sustainable Michigan!

Helping to preserve Michigan’s environment and resources, when you are looking to make a positive impact, there is no better way than returning your empty bottles and cans! If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved in Michigan’s bottle and can return systems, we invite you to contact us at Take Em Back today!