The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has announced that the state’s deposit beverage container redemption rate for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010, was 76 percent, a decline from last year’s 79 percent redemption rate, the highest rate since the program began in 2005.
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Fiscal Year
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Total Sold
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Total Redeemed
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Redemption Rate
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2010
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901,861,628
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686,392,140
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76%
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2009
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895,737,097
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705,156,511
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79%
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2008
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947,692,357
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681,706,599
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72%
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2007
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936,412,347
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