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Queensbury redemption center owner urges Warren County to back statewide bottle bill
Summary
Owner of MT Returnables told supervisors that handling fees frozen since 2009 have forced hundreds of redemption centers to close and asked the board to pass a resolution urging state lawmakers to update the bottle bill to save jobs and recycling access.
Jade Eddie, owner of MT Returnables in Queensbury, told the Warren County Board of Supervisors on May 13 that her redemption center faces closure and asked the board to pass a resolution supporting an updated state bottle bill.
Eddie said New York once had about 700 redemption centers and that the state has lost 168 centers in the last two years. “Our payroll costs have increased by 114%, but the handling fee that we are paid has not increased since…
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