Oregon's landmark bottle recycling law may change due to concerns over drugs and homelessness

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Oregon's landmark bottle recycling law may change due to concerns over drugs and homelessness

PORTLAND, Ore. — Monica Truax has lived in her Portland home since 1992, on a cul-de-sac she described as a close-knit community.But since a bottle redemption center opened next door several years ago, her block has struggled with drug dealing, garbage and fights in the middle of the night, she said.“It’s just all completely changed,” she said. “But the people are all still here, you know, all the residents are here still, and still raising their families.”After more than five decades, Oregon’s first-in-the-nation “bottle bill” — now replicated in nine other states — faces a potential overhaul, with lawmakers considering new time ..