Kevin Cahill

NY weighs dime deposit New Yorkers would pay a 10-cents-per-bottle deposit on an expanded list of redeemable beverage containers under new legislation that supporters say would “update” the state’s 40-year-old bottle bill. Ulster County Assemblymember Kevin Cahill sponsors the bill to double the deposit from its current five-cents-per-bottle and expand eligible containers to include wine and liquor bottles, dairy products, ice teas, and sports drinks, and increase the handling fee for redemption centers to five cents per container. “The Bottle…