The widely supported proposal to update Michigan's bottle bill to include the 10-cent deposit on non-carbonated beverage containers has also met some opposition.
Cody Roblyer, an MSU junior studying urban planning and an intern with the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, said that "the business standpoint is the opposing force."
Douglas Cole, the night stock manager at Goodrich's ShopRite, said that the bottle return law is quite cumbersome on grocery stores, and that the amended bill could very likely double the number of returnables they receive.
Cole believes that the bottle policy is certainly a good thing. "I just don't think the grocery store is the place to do it," he said.
He pointed out that the residue in the returned bottles creates an inevitable risk of cross-contamination of grocery stores' food products, and also said that the stores typically lose out economically considering that they must employ someone to attend to the bottle machines.
Along with the grocery stores, Roblyer said that PIRGIM has met resistance from the large beverage corporations, who do not want to be required to charge 60 cents extra for a six pack of any and all of their beverages.
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