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Recycling Center in North Portland Worries Homeless Can Collectors

Illustration: Levi Hastings THE EXPANSION of Oregon’s landmark “bottle bill” over the past few years—meant to pump up the state’s decades-old can-and-bottle redemption program—seemed to offer something for everyone. Collectors can now redeem water bottles for five cents apiece, along with bottles and cans that once held beer and soda. By 2018, that haul will […]

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