Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program was once the envy of the recycling nation, boasting a return rate above 95%. But in recent years it's slumped badly. The state shut down ...

For any shopper who's fed one bottle or can after another into the redemption machine at the supermarket for those 10-cent beverage deposit returns, it sounds like a breakthrough: a machine where you ...

New bulk-return machines allow shoppers to redeem an entire bag of bottles and cans at once. These more convenient machines are not widely available in Michigan due to their cost and the state's ...