For any shopper who's fed one bottle or can after another into the redemption machine at the supermarket for those 10-cent beverage deposit returns, it sounds like a breakthrough: a machine where you ...

Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program was once the envy of the recycling nation, boasting a return rate above 95%. But in recent years it's slumped badly. The state shut down ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A small Chicago business has a big idea—eliminate single-use plastic water bottles and cut emissions leading to climate change. Kadeya has developed a vending machine that dispenses a ...

Sure, the latest initiatives from the Teslas, Apples and Googles of the industry tend to dominate the tech news space — and with good reason. Still, the big guns aren’t the only ones bringing ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Tuesday, 7News learned about an attempt to give D.C. residents money when they hand in plastic bottles. 7News went out on a boat on the Anacostia River to look at the ...

New bulk-return machines allow shoppers to redeem an entire bag of bottles and cans at once. These more convenient machines are not widely available in Michigan due to their cost and the state's ...