Could CT bottle bill rate return to 5 cents? Concerns prompt bill

Could CT bottle bill rate return to 5 cents? Concerns prompt bill

A bill that could decrease Connecticut’s bottle redemption rate from 10 cents to 5 cents passed out of the Finance, Revenue, and Bonding committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 516 would set the rate at 5 cents if the bottle redemption rate —the number of containers returned divided by the number sold — of the state, or any distributor, surpasses 100% in 2026. Recently, Connecticut’s redemption rate hit 97%. “Some pretty smart people outside the sta…