DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Sierra Club Iowa Chapter is calling on a legislative committee to conduct a review of the impacts a 2022 law, which allowed some stores to opt out of providing redemption services, has had on the state’s can and bottle redemption program.

Prior to the enactment of Senate File 2378 , all stores that sold alcoholic or carbonated beverages, and collected the 5-cent deposit, had to accept the empty containers and redeem the deposit.

Sierra Club, in a news release, said the law has made it “harder for Iowans to participate in the program.”

A 2024 Sierra Club survey found 62% of respondents reported a redemption center or collection site had closed in their area and 21% of respondents said they travel in excess of 10 miles to redeem their can

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