In this Feb. 11, 2011, file photo, a truck carrying bottles and cans pulls into Green Bee Redemption, a recycling center in Kittery. Credit: Joel Page / AP Ever since it was implemented 45 years ago, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—For several months, Jade Eddy has been sounding the alarm—calling on lawmakers to pass legislation to increase the 3.5 cent handling fee for bottle redemption centers to at least ...

Jade Eddy, owner of MT Returnables redemption center, right, helps to sort bags of empty cans and bottles returned for 5 cent deposits on June 22 at MT Returnables redemption center in Queensbury.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Roopers Beverage & Redemption owner Steve Roop talks with redemption manager ...

Three and a quarter cents. That’s how much redemption centers make from wholesalers for empty bottles and aluminum cans that contained beer or soda. It’s been that way since 1982, when the minimum ...

Rows and rows of boxes full of returnable bottles can be found inside Seiders Redemption Center in Hodgdon. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Press The BDN Opinion section operates independently ...

At Capital Redemption Center in Hartford, redeemers said the sound of bottles and cans clinking again means more cash for them in midst of the COVID-19 crisis. “People need money,” Dipik Patel owner ...