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It came in for my state only a few years back. We returned ours a few times, but the novelty quickly wears off and it is really not worth the time. Now I just l
by photojosh 5y ago
It came in for my state only a few years back. We returned ours a few times, but the novelty quickly wears off and it is really not worth the time. Now I just leave them sorted in a cardboard box out on the curb on our recycling collection day and they vanish pretty quickly due to the efforts of said deposit bottle entrepreneurs.
- brewdad 5y agoIf you want to make dealing with the cans and bottles someone else's problem but also avoid encouraging the curbside "entrepreneurs" check to see if any local youth organizations do can drives in your area. My kid's marching band program (in Oregon) collects over $10,000 a year from beverage deposits. It provides about 15% of their total funding for the year. They collect them once a month and will even pick them up from you if driving them to the school is inconvenient. There are dozens of organizations in our area doing the same thing.
- labawi 5y agoWhat's wrong with employing curbside "enterpreneurs"? Would you be happier if they were begging on the streets, stealing, went hungry.. Over here, some enterprising souls tend to "acquire" (often steal) copper cabling, burn the insulation (regularly poisoning the neighborhood) and sell the remaining copper. I don't see why you would mind people collecting discarded bottles to return for recycling. On another point, I don't think people go homeless in pursuit of bottle enterprises.