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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Good golly......why not have a New Hampshire nickel deposit on cans and bottles just like most every other state?
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There is a bill in the 2010 NH House proposing just that:
HOUSE BILL 675-FN "To encourage container reuse and recycling, every beverage container sold or offered for sale to a consumer in this state shall have a deposit and refund value. The deposit value shall be $0.05 per container. Handling fees per container shall be $0.035, or $0.03 for commingling"
But one down side according to the Fiscal Impact statement attached to the bill :
"The Commission assumes the deposit on wine bottles cannot be passed to the consumer without an impact in wine sales, and therefore the Commission will absorb the full impact of the deposit, reducing wine revenue by $1,160,978 "
"The Commission assumes the deposit will reduce the price advantage over other states and may reduce gallons of beer sold by up to 40% which would reduce beer tax revenues up to $4,980,000 "