Michigan residents will soon be able to get rid of those dirty, sticky, plastic and metal cans and bottles.

 

Starting June 15, the Michigan Department of Treasury announced some retailers must reopen their bottle return facilities.

 

The reopening applies to stores with bottle return facilities housed at the front of the store or in separated areas and serviced by reverse vending machines, meaning they require little person-to-person contact.

 

Retailers can limit bottle return hours, limit returns to $25 per customer per day, limit the number of available machines, and periodically close facilities for cleaning if needed.

 

They are asked to limit returns to 140% of their average weekly collection volume from April and May of last year.

 

To read the detailed notice about bottle returns from the Treasury CLICK HERE