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TIL: The Oregon Bottle Bill (House Bill 1036) in 1972 set bottle return deposits at $0.05, when the average cost of a bottle was $0.10. This return fee hasn't increased since it's implementation. Which means deposit fees have gone down from 50% the initial cost, to 2.5% of the cost of the product.

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