(Radio Iowa) – The group which represents Iowa’s non-alcoholic beverage producers, bottlers and distributors has launched a website called empties.org to help you find a place to take back your cans and bottle.
Iowa Beverage Association Executive Director Jon Murphy says they found many people don’t know where to take empties.. He says you can go to the website and in your zip code or your address, and it’ll show the closest redemption locations near you. Murphy has seen fewer places taking back cans and bottles since the legislature revised the deposit law in 2022 and let businesses opt out of taking back deposit cans and bottles.
Murphy says the end goal is to keep the cans and bottle out of ditches and recycled.
