This was the first US state to pass a container deposit law.
- California
- Hawaii
- Oregon
- Washington
Oregon. In 1972 the state passed the first “bottle bill” that required shoppers to pay a deposit on bottles and cans which was redeemed when the container was returned for recycling.
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