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The state of Michigan had (has?) deposits of $0.10 US on all bottles & cans when I grew up there. I never noticed how much it kept bottles, cans and other items
by edwhitesell 10y ago
The state of Michigan had (has?) deposits of $0.10 US on all bottles & cans when I grew up there. I never noticed how much it kept bottles, cans and other items from becoming litter along roads and parking lots until I lived in states with no deposit. It was a nice incentive to go out and pick up trash, because the cans/bottles can really add up.
- badwolf 10y agoSimilarly to how Austin banned single use plastic bags. When I visit other cities, I notice them everywhere, stuck in fences, trees and bushes, along roads, under overpasses, etc...
- jorgen123 10y agoThey call it urban tumbleweed. And where people care about keeping their town clean, tax money gets spent on removing the tumbleweed[1]. Which is why these bag bans are a general good thing. Source: http://1bagatatime.com/learn/plastic-bag-clean-costs/ http://1bagatatime.com/learn/plastic-bag-clean-costs/
- dx034 10y agoSince plastic bags have to cost 5p in England (except small supermarkets), the use decreased by ~85%. Shows how many of these are given out even though they're not needed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36917174 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36917174
- beart 10y agoStill has it. You can really see how helpful this is by going to a sporting event with beer and open bleachers. You will see children running around collecting the cans just about as fast as you can drop them. It's a double win because the people drinking can be lazy and the kids get the money.
- tunap 10y agoMichigan still does, mom was scolding me a few months back when I was visiting because the automated machines don't take crushed cans/bottles. Where I live I have no financial reason to recycle them, but I am incentivized to reduce the volume to decrease frequency of trips to the recycler.