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They're ubiquitous in the US Not really. I think only 10 states have plastic bottle deposits, and I have really no clue if those are convenient for folks. I'm
by Broken_Hippo 3y ago
They're ubiquitous in the US
Not really. I think only 10 states have plastic bottle deposits, and I have really no clue if those are convenient for folks. I'm not from one of those states: You could take aluminum cans to get money, but it isn't convenient.
(In my current location, I can just take plastic and aluminum bottles to a grocery store to get the deposit back by feeding them into a machine. And most folks do this)
- jstarfish 3y agoI haven't seen the "un-vending" machines outside of NY. We have to take everything to the recycling center, wait in a long-ass line and they pay by weight, not item. It's not worth my time to bring single bags nor worth the space to hoard them at home so I just trade them to the neighborhood homeless guy for expired dog food and other sundries.
- atdrummond 3y agoVermont has them as well (or at least did when I lived in Burlington a few years back).
- weberer 3y agoI've seen them outside supermarkets in Boston.
- Broken_Hippo 3y agoI think that places where I live (Norway) have to take back the bottles that they sell in their store - even gas stations - but the only place I see the machines is at the grocery stores. (Grocery stores are generally smaller but more convenient than they were in the US). And it is by item - less money for small bottles (single serve soda, for example) and more money for larger bottles (1L of soda or juice). Aluminum is similar.
- antihero 3y agoYou’re complaining about people benefiting from your literal trash?