For each bottle returned, customers would get 10 cents. “I think there’s always some questions and concerns about putting glass in curbside recycling,” said Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, a ...

Every year, there are about 1.2 billion wine and liquor bottles sold in California. They can be recycled, but only about 30% are. By comparison, the recycling rate has been double that in recent ...

In a bid to encourage recycling and promote environmental sustainability, state lawmakers are considering the implementation of a 10-cent beverage container deposit system under House Bill 2144.

Starting Jan. 1, 2024, shoppers will pay an extra 10 cents for a bottle of wine or hard liquor, and will get that money back if they turn the bottle in at a recycling center.