I don’t know how this works. Do you have to pay an extra 10 cents every time you buy a can of pop in MI? Do you have to take the can to the store where you bought it to get the “deposit” back? What about pop machines? Where do you take those cans? And how do they know where you bought the can? This is way too complicated for an empty aluminum can.
Yes.
Do you have to take the can to the store where you bought it to get the “deposit” back?
No, but you must take it to a store that sells that brand. For example, you cannot redeem "Sam's Choice" cans at Kroger.
What about pop machines? Where do you take those cans?
To any store that sells that brand.
And how do they know where you bought the can?
If you buy the can in Michigan it will say "ME-VT-CT-MA-NY-OR-IA 5 Cents, MI 10 Cents, CA Cash Refund."
This is way too complicated for an empty aluminum can.
It's been working for 30 years here, and it has kept the roadsides clean. Searching for discarded pop cans and bottles gives our homeless something to do.
Yes, you have to pay .10 for every can or bottle of carbonated beverage. Water and tea have no deposit although they are thinking of adding it. You may take them back to any store providing that store sells that brand of pop.
It works OK and really did serve to keep the streets and beaches clean.
Pop machines just factor the deposit into the cost of the pop.