Fewer Oregon residents are returning their beverage bottles and redeeming their 5-cent deposit, which means the state will likely double the deposit, to a dime, in 2017.
SALEM, Ore. — New state data show that Oregonians are returning fewer beverage bottles to redeem their 5-cent deposit, putting the state on track to double the deposit to 10 cents per bottle in 2017.
Figures released by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission on Wednesday showed that just over 68 percent of bottles were redeemed in 2014, down nearly three points from the year before.
Under a 2011 law aimed at stemming the downward trend in bottle redemption, the deposit is slated to rise Jan.