SB0701 Summary

• Expands Michigan's bottle deposit law to include wine, spirits, and noncarbonated nonalcoholic beverages (except plant-based milks and dairy products), requiring a minimum 10-cent deposit on returnable containers.

• Modifies beverage container requirements by establishing volume thresholds: 1 gallon or less for carbonated/alcoholic beverages and 0.1-3 liters for noncarbonated nonalcoholic beverages.

• Creates exemption for retailers with less than 4,000 square feet of store footprint from providing on-premises container redemption, though they must still accept returns up to $10 per day and allow regional redemption centers.

• Establishes new bottle handling fund receiving $0.005 per redeemed container, with revenues allocated to dealers (80%) and distributors (20%) based on redemption volume, plus funding for Attorney General audits and the Renew Michigan environmental fund.

• Redistributes cleanup and redevelopment trust fund revenues: 25% each to renew Michigan fund, municipalities with 45% recycling rates, and all municipalities for pollution prevention; remaining balance to cleanup and redevelopment trust fund.