Summary
Six years ago this week, in accordance with the voters' wishes, Columbia stores stopped exchanging empty cans and bottles for 5- cent deposits.
After three efforts to repeal a 1977 ordinance that required stores to collect the deposit on beverage containers, voters on April 2, 2002, overturned the law.See the full content of this document
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Deposit Law Debatable Six Years After Repeal
To this day, debate of the issue remains much the same, and available data don't help settle it.
Repeal proponents say it has increased the amount of materials recycled through the city's blue bag program ...See the full content of this document
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