If you don't want your share of the $600 a week to end up in the wrong hands and be used by the state for something you don't want, then you need to take it and do with it what you think is best.
If they aren't being properly rinsed, the leftover liquids can grow bacteria, attract wildlife, and even make employees who work with returnables sick from harmful bacteria.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Michigan harder than most states in the country, but it's disproportionately affected the southeastern portion of the state the hardest so far.