I think the "bottle bill" is one of the best pieces of legislation ever passed. But I get the feeling Berteges isn't really being forthright. I just returned from Michigan and retailers still accept returnables at least in every store we went.  Also, I found it interesting that in big letters on each machine, the state lets you know it is a FELONY to return containers in Michigan that were purchased out of state.  In another letter on this same subject someone suggested that Oregon switch to returning containers by weight instead of individual containers.  Once my wife and I adjusted to the change in Hawaii, we found this very convenient since we had to return containers to recycling centers there.

Here's my point, while Oregon's bottle bill was a brilliant idea and legislation, it is now outdated.  There are a lot of things that can be improved to make it more fair (Who gets the money go?), easier to return containers, and increasing the types of containers that are returnable.