The pressure’s off, but the push for a bottle bill is still on this legislative session

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,725

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Familiar debate over a revamped state recycling program with refundable deposits for returning empty bottles and cans bubbled up during a State House review Wednesday afternoon.

But unlike years past, no one — not lawmakers or environmental advocates, nor retail and liquor store representatives — had any pretense that the legislative vetting would lead to a vote on the bottle bill this year.

“As far as moving this out of committee, I would be …

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