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Are you more likely to recycle a can of soda if you knew you would get money back to do it? That’s what some lawmakers are hoping. New Jersey lawmakers are currently mulling legislation that would create a 10-cent bottle and can return system like those alreadyin place in several states. Customers would ostensibly collect on a refundable deposit when they return bottles and cans for recycling, according to a draft of the proposal introduced May 6. In New York, customers similarly pay a five cent deposit when buying bottles or cans and their deposit is refunded when they return the container to…

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