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Generally in states that have a refund the purchase is charged to the consumer so the state isn't paying anything for the service. Of course you'd have to add i
by fleitz 17y ago
Generally in states that have a refund the purchase is charged to the consumer so the state isn't paying anything for the service. Of course you'd have to add in administration of the program itself, which is a relatively fixed cost independent of whether people return bottles or not.
- jackfoxy 17y agoThat't right. So when the container is NOT returned, the state is in the money. The benefit to the state is when homeless pick up litter. There is no benefit in paying out a deposit for a container retrieved from a trash bin.