The Wallace Group

We feature news and information for a number of issues, including: single sort recycling, bottle deposit in Minnesota, developmental disabilities and other topics. Recycle Smart Minnesota is a broad-based coalition of retailers, food and beverage businesses, farm organizations, grocers, restaurants and distributors.
BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME WOULD BE COSTLY; PUT BURDEN ON CONSUMERS; HURT CURRENT PLAN, SAYS RECYCLE SMART MINNESOTA

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's flawed cost-benefit report misstates state investment,
puts no value on residents time, costs and convenience, and ignores Minnesota's
recycling success with growing curbside single-sort pickup of recyclables


While fully supportive of recycling and proud of Minnesota's success, the new scheme to impose a 10 cent deposit on beverage containers would be a damaging step in the wrong direction, according to Recycle Smart Minnesota, a broad-based coalition of retailers, food and beverage businesses, farm o