R.I. small-business owners: Bottle bill doesn’t make cents for customers, profits

Updated at 4 p.m.

Matthew McNulty

06/05/2025

9VZeCXWh-Statehouse-1 — SEVERAL BILLS are making their way through the General Assembly this legislative session, which intend to overhaul the state’s recycling program while imposing a 10-cent refundable deposit on nearly all bottled and canned beverages sold across the state../ PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of small-business owners from across Rhode Island – as well as the state’s largest Chamber of Commerce – are urging state leaders to defeat bottle bill legislation that would overhaul the state’s recycling program by imposing a 10-cent refundable deposit on nearly all bottled and canned beverages sold across the state. Bottle

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