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How Tons of Dumped Glass Emboldened Lawmakers to Back an Expanded Bottle Bill

First-time purchasers of beverages in Vermont could be forgiven their puzzlement over the state’s bottle deposit law: Wine cooler containers require a 5-cent deposit; wine bottles don’t. Cans from local Zero Gravity Craft Brewery carry a nickel deposit; cans from local Citizen Cider don’t. And that plastic bottle of Poland Springs sparkling water gets returned, […]

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