Local bottle redemption center hoping state bottle bill will pass

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Environmental advocates and bottle redemption center owners are pushing lawmakers to pass the Bigger, Better Bottle bill this legislative session.

The Bigger Better Bottle bill would expand the bottle deposit that has existed in the Empire State for more than 40 years.

“We’re fighting with big companies like big distributors, and they got a lot of money to do a lot of things, but we don’t. We are just a small business owner,” said Emily Lee, owner of Express Bottle Return in Syracuse…

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