Sean C. Morgan
Taking advantage of an increase in the deposit on beverage containers from 5 to 10 cents, residents crowded into local retailers Saturday to turn in empty bottles.
Thriftway saw a 30-percent increase over its normal activity for the day, said Manager Chad McDonald, whose store handles hundreds of thousands of cans annually.
In 2011, the Oregon Legislature passed a law that triggered the increase to 10 cents for 2017 at the earliest…