Please let us know if you have feedbackDive Brief:Connecticut’s beverage container redemption rate hit 92% in 2025, rising significantly from its 65% rate in 2024 due to numerous ongoing upgrades to its bottle bill program, according to data from the Container Recycling Institute. It’s another year of major improvement for the state’s program, which logged a 44% redemption rate in 2023. Connecticut continues to raise its container redemption rates due to the range of major updates phased in through 2024, including doubling the deposit value. Maine’s redemption rate decreased in 2025, and Collins predicts that rate might fall further in 2026 as program organizers improve the accuracy of their redemption data during the program overhaul. “If we see a reduction in the redemption rate, that would not necessarily be a real reduction.