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Deposit Bottle & Can Recycling

There is a five cent deposit on carbonated soft drink, beer, malt beverage, and sparkling water containers sold in Massachusetts. Find out where to return them for a refund.

You may return clean, empty deposit bottles and cans to a retailer that sells them, or to a redemption center. Under the "Bottle Bill," retailers are required to redeem containers at full deposit value, while redemption centers may deduct processing fees from refunds.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

See the Massachusetts Bottle Bill Regulations  Find a Bottle & Can Redemption Center 

What you need to know

Bottle Bill Guide for Consumers  Bottle Bill Guide for Distributors & Bottlers  Redemption Center Registration Form 

Container Recycling Institute's Bottle Bill Resource Guide 
Open PDF file, 15.29 KB,  Recommended Redemption Center Signage (English, PDF 15.29 KB)

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