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There are people who go through every garbage can in my neighborhood every week looking for cans and bottles, so obviously someone returns them.
by cortesoft 4y ago
There are people who go through every garbage can in my neighborhood every week looking for cans and bottles, so obviously someone returns them.
- jmclnx 4y agoIn the suburbs ? In some neighborhood people going trough trash will get hassled by the police. In the city (a poor city) were I live, people going through the trash are generaly chased away. Plus to go through everyone's trash you would need lots of people in the neighborhood, can you image the impact if that happens ? Plus, ever try and return a bottle as a "trash collector" ? Stores will throw you out claiming the bottle was not purchased in the store. So I would say 90% of bottles thrown out end up in a land-fill or in the sea.
- cortesoft 4y agoThis is in the suburbs of Los Angeles. No one chases the guy who comes around to collect bottles from our recycling, because he is careful and doesn’t knock over the bins. Some of us leave the bottles and cans on the side of our trash cans to make it easier for him. He is always friendly when I say hi to him. I am not sure what you mean by the store turning you away… there is a location where you turn the bottles and cans in to get paid, it is not connected to a store. It is run by the government.