Imagine getting rewarded just for doing the right thing — that’s what Coca-Cola is doing to fight plastic pollution and promote sustainable habits. The beverage giant is rolling out Reverse Vending ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

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. Just polished off a nice ...

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Just polished off a nice Chardonnay? A glass of Pinot with dinner? A mango margarita even? You may want to hold on to those empty bottles: It won’t be long before California is paying 10 cents each ...