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Yeah, like building huge dedicated recycling centers. Those aren't cheap. You used to return the bottle/can to the store, who returned them back to the distribu

by cronix 8y ago

Yeah, like building huge dedicated recycling centers. Those aren't cheap. You used to return the bottle/can to the store, who returned them back to the distribution companies when they were dropping off new orders. Now there are huge areas where they got rid of returning to the place of purchase and you have to return them to these large, brand new, dedicated recycling centers. I have no idea why they do that, or who pays for that. It seemed logical to return them utilizing the existing infrastructure (stores) that were selling the products. Edit: more info. One thing about the recycling centers though - you have to have an account, and you have to prove you are an OR resident to use them. I imagine that cuts down on a lot of out of state cans. Map: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-ab&q=portland+bottle+recycling+center&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=45558252,-122614068,7205&tbm=lcl&ved=2ahUKEwjD0aeVqofgAhVrrlQKHfFtD4MQtgN6BAgAEAQ&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e3!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:3&rldoc=1#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:!1m2!1d45.6010827!2d-122.3968589!2m2!1d45.4385377!2d-122.7939641;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e3!2m1!1e16!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:3 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-ab&q=portla... More info on the recycling centers: https://www.bottledropcenters.com/ https://www.bottledropcenters.com/

jerrac 8y ago
When I worked at Safeway or WalMart here in OR, the can returns were nightmares. Extremely dirty, they'd fill up fast, and customers were always in a bad mood when they had to wait for me to get the machines working again. Oh, yeah, those machines were horrid. They got jammed all the time. Oh, and stores would limit what kind of returns they'd accept. So I'd have say, sorry, we don't sell that here so you can't return it here. So, I'd imagine some of that is why they created the centers. Which, btw, I only just learned about from this topic.... :)

by cronix 8y ago

jerrac 8y ago

When I worked at Safeway or WalMart here in OR, the can returns were nightmares. Extremely dirty, they'd fill up fast, and customers were always in a bad mood when they had to wait for me to get the machines working again. Oh, yeah, those machines were horrid. They got jammed all the time. Oh, and stores would limit what kind of returns they'd accept. So I'd have say, sorry, we don't sell that here so you can't return it here. So, I'd imagine some of that is why they created the centers. Which, btw, I only just learned about from this topic.... :)