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With bottle and can returns on hold, Michigan recyclers worry about massive backlog
Read full article: With bottle and can returns on hold, Michigan recyclers worry about massive backlogBut industry leaders say not to worry, they will be good for those dimes when collection reopens. Being able to handle all the consumers bringing those containers back they have to have a way to handle that,” Nevins said. Michigan is the only state of the ten so called 10-cent-states not collecting bottles and cans right now and it is having a national effect. Because Michigan has one of the highest deposit rates in the country, much of the state’s recycled containers are used elsewhere across the country. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 51,915 as of Monday, including 4,915 deaths, state officials report.