Articles Tagged: Bottle bill

There’s a lot of money at stake, a lobbyist told lawmakers. An estimated 2 billion cans and bottles covered by the bottle bill are sold in Iowa each year. That represents $10 million in deposits or 200 million nickels.

Iowa consumers collected $57.1 million in deposits from returned containers and “lost” $32.3 million on containers that were not recycled, a 2018 report showed.

Redemption centers would receive 2 cents per can and bottle, up from 1 cent

DES MOINES — Proposals to change the bottle bill appear dead in the Legislature again this year, but that didn’t …

Iowa House committee approves bill making changes; public hearing sought

JOHNSTON — Changes to Iowa’s bottle bill are dead. Again. Iowa prisons will get a bigger funding increase than Senate …