Effective April 1, 2017, the Bottle Bill deposit and refund value will increase to 10¢ per container.The signs include the following statements: OLCC has made available on its website downloadable signs to retailers to help them educate customers about the upcoming deposit and refund increase. Metal cans that require a can opener will not be included. Beer, soft drinks, and water will continue to be covered in containers that are 3 liters or less in size, but the new beverages will be covered only if they are in bottles or cans from 4 ounces to 1.5 liters in size. The allow OLCC to exempt other beverages on January 1, 2018, or one year after it determines that at least 60% of beverage containers are returned to redemption centers (instead of stores), whichever comes first. The law further stipulates that the increase may not take place before 2017.Īnother change as a result of under the 2011 amendments is the types of containers eligible for a refund will be expanded to include juices, teas, coffees, sports drinks, and any other beverage intended for human consumption except distilled liquor, wine, dairy products, and infant formula. (ORS 459.705, “Refund value”) The OLCC has calculated the statewide redemption rate as 68.26% in 2014 and 64.45% in 2015. In particular, the 2011 amendments impose the increase if OLCC determines that the number of beverage container returned for the refund was less than 80% of the total number of beverage container that were sold in the state for each of the two previous years. The beverage container deposit increase is one of several significant changes set in motion by 2011 amendments to the Bottle Bill. Retail stores then return the empty containers to a distributor or distributor cooperative and receive the deposit back for each container. Consumers can return the empty containers to stores or redemption centers and redeem their deposit.
Currently, Oregon’s Bottle Bill-originally passed in 1971 and administered by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC)-imposes a 5-cent container deposit on beer, soft drinks, water, and flavored water in metal, glass and plastic bottles, and cans three liters or less in size. The redemption value on certain containers in Oregon will increase from 5 cents to 10 cents beginning April 1, 2017.
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