MI SB0416

Expands Michigan's bottle deposit law to cover all non-alcoholic beverages (including non-carbonated drinks and hard cider), while excluding milk, dairy alternatives, infant formula, large juice containers (1/2 gallon+), freezable containers, cartons, foil pouches, and boxes

Requires dealers to accept empty returnable containers of any brand sold in Michigan (not just brands they sell), and allows establishment of redemption centers as additional return locations beyond retail stores

Creates the Beverage Container Handling Fund with 85% allocated to a new Resource Recovery Fund for system improvement grants, 6% to marketing/compliance, 6% to enforcement, and 1.5% each to EGLE and LARA staffing

Redistributes unredeemed bottle deposit funds: 40% to cleanup and redevelopment trust fund, 25% to dealers/redemption centers, 20% to distributors, 10% to water security fund, and 5% to manufacturers (replacing previous 75%/25% split between cleanup fund and dealers)

Creates new Water Security Fund for water affordability programs and research, increases cleanup trust fund cap from $200 million to $500 million, and requires the bill to be approved by voters at the November 2026 election before taking effect