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Oregon set to double recycling rate to 10 cents a can
Oregon's first-in-the-nation bottle recycling program will now double the payout for used soda cans and glass bottles, and frugal residents have been stockpiling for months in anticipation. With other recycling options now commonplace, this eco-trailblazing Pacific Northwest state is hoping to revamp the program with the increase from 5 to 10 cents for bottled and canned water, soda, beer and malt beverages — regardless what their labels say.
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My cans I throw in the recycle bucket only if I think about it because we pay by the pound here and it's not worth it, so they go into the trash recycler where the trash company gets the benefit, if they were going to pay me per can I'd recycle the hell out of them.