Bottle bill would boost deposits for beverage container recycling

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Bottle bill would boost deposits for beverage container recycling

Hawaii consumers and businesses could see a 100% spike in the cost to discard beverage containers via curbside recycling, the trash and other means outside of a state redemption program. State lawmakers are considering a bill that proposes doubling the deposit fee on beverage containers to 10 cents from 5 cents under a 20-year-old program that has accrued a record $67 million special-fund balance. Senate Bill 184 was advanced by a committee Jan.…