Does Oregon’s cherished Bottle Bill compound Portland’s fentanyl crisis? Beat Check podcast

Does Oregon’s cherished Bottle Bill compound Portland’s fentanyl crisis? Beat Check podcast

Lawmakers in Salem recently enacted a series of substantive tweaks to the state’s beloved Bottle Bill, which allows residents to return cans and bottles for 10 cents apiece.

OLCC ratifies Bottle Bill changes - The New Era

Lawmakers  have made changes in response to pushback from stores and their neighbors fed up with collateral damage from Oregon’s iconic environmental measure.  BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission today ratified changes to the Bottle Bill enacted by Senate Bill 992, which Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law last week.  The legislation, aimed at quelling pushback against the Bottle Bill, came in respons…