MOLLENBECK, KCCI 8 NEWS,OW IA’S NEWS LEADER. JAMES: NEWT A5:00, A SWEEPING REFORM OF IOWA’S BOTTLE BILL IS NOW LAW. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SIGNED THE BILL TODAY. REDEMPTI CONENTERS WILL RE
Iowa’s bottle bill, which says grocery stores no longer have to accept cans, is now law
Updated: 7:46 PM CDT Jun 17, 2022
A sweeping reform of Iowa’s bottle bill is now law. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill today.Redemption centers will receive triple the amount of money from bottles and cans. Grocery stores will no longer have to accept them. Most of the changes take effect in January of 2023.Mick Barry, president of Mid America Recycling in Des Moines, is happy that handling fees are increasing. At the same time, he said this bill should just be the beginning in evolving the state’s bottle laws.“It is our hope that the governor’s signature will not be the end of the conversation, but rather the start,” Barry said in a statement. “Seventy-one percent of Iowans favor expanding Iowa’s Bottle Bill to cover more beverage containers, including plastic water bottles, juice, tea, and sports beverages. We hope that future General Assemblies will consider expanding the more than 50 billion empty containers that have been kept out of Iowa fields, ditches and waterways.”More on the bottle bill:
A sweeping reform of Iowa’s bottle bill is now law.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill today.
Redemption centers will receive triple the amount of money from bottles and cans. Grocery stores will no longer have to accept them.
Most of the changes take effect in January of 2023.
Mick Barry, president of Mid America Recycling in Des Moines, is happy that handling fees are increasing. At the same time, he said this bill should just be the beginning in evolving the state’s bottle laws.
“It is our hope that the governor’s signature will not be the end of the conversation, but rather the start,” Barry said in a statement. “Seventy-one percent of Iowans favor expanding Iowa’s Bottle Bill to cover more beverage containers, including plastic water bottles, juice, tea, and sports beverages. We hope that future General Assemblies will consider expanding the more than 50 billion empty containers that have been kept out of Iowa fields, ditches and waterways.”
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