Oregon Revives Nation's First Statewide Refillable Bottle Program

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By Lorraine ChowSep 17, 2018, 3:20 pm256 ptsTrending
Glass bottles used to have value. For instance, Coca-Cola famously operated a returnable glass bottle program for 80 years until its last refillable bottling plant in Minnesota closed its doors in 2012. These days, glass bottles are recycled or—more often than not—tossed in the trash. But in Oregon, the…

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