Maine lawmakers want to place a deposit on Fireball nips, other miniature liquor bottles

A little bottle is getting some big attention from the Maine Legislature.

“Nips” liquor bottles have moved from hotel minibars and airline service carts into convenience stores across Maine, and the discarded empties are piling up along the roadways. Lawmakers have proposed placing a deposit on the little containers.

Alberta Surdick, the Bangor Redemption and Discount Beverage Center’s general manager, is always anxious to increase business, but she’s not crazy about the prospect of her crews hand-sorting empty 50-milliliter booze bottles.

In fact, she said she questions the sanity of anyone who would even consider such an idea.

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/31/politics/maine-lawmakers-want-to-place-a-deposit-on-fireball-nips-other-miniature-liquor-bottles/