CONSUMER - Someone who buys a beverage from a retailer and returns the empty container to a retailer or redemption center.

REDEMPTION CENTER - Independent businesses that accept empty containers and pay customers the deposit value for those containers.

RETAILER - Grocery store, convenience store, liquor store, or any other business that sells beverages in single-use containers.

DISTRIBUTOR - Companies that sell beverages to retailers and collect empty containers for reuse or recycling.

WASHING FACILITY - Companies that clean and sanitize empty, reusable containers so that they can be refilled and sold again to retailers.

RECYCLING FACILITY - Where distributors send empty, non-reusable containers to be recycled into new beverage containers.