Posted by Wilson on July 4, 2007, 12:43 am
I can't speak for rural or suburban communities but in urban areas,
returning items for deposit can be a dreadful chore. These centers are
usually filthy and attract many of the city's homeless into these areas.
Known drug addicts frequent these establishments as well. That is not an
indictment on society's less fortunate but rather a critique of the centers
themselves. Returning cans is often dismissed as being too much trouble and
many do not give their empties to these homeless. That translates to alot of
unreturned deposits, free money for the state. Do you think they purposely
make returning empties as unpleasant as possible in order to generate
revenue?
Posted by George Grapman on July 4, 2007, 12:48 am
Wilson wrote:
> I can't speak for rural or suburban communities but in urban areas,
> returning items for deposit can be a dreadful chore. These centers are
> usually filthy and attract many of the city's homeless into these areas.
> Known drug addicts frequent these establishments as well. That is not an
> indictment on society's less fortunate but rather a critique of the centers
> themselves. Returning cans is often dismissed as being too much trouble and
> many do not give their empties to these homeless. That translates to alot of
> unreturned deposits, free money for the state. Do you think they purposely
> make returning empties as unpleasant as possible in order to generate
> revenue?
>
>
Each residence here has a separate recycling bin.The trash haulers
empty them the same day as the regular garbage. For me it it not worth
the time or effort to take the empties anywhere.
Posted by The Real Bev on July 3, 2007, 9:55 pm
George Grapman wrote:
> Each residence here has a separate recycling bin.The trash haulers
> empty them the same day as the regular garbage. For me it it not worth
> the time or effort to take the empties anywhere.
I saved up for several years and got $137 at the market 1/4 mile away for my
pickupful of cans. Not much trouble at all!
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Cheers,
Bev
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Posted by Sgt.Sausage on July 5, 2007, 12:45 pm
>I can't speak for rural or suburban communities but in urban areas,
>returning items for deposit can be a dreadful chore. These centers are
>usually filthy and attract many of the city's homeless into these areas.
>Known drug addicts frequent these establishments as well. That is not an
>indictment on society's less fortunate but rather a critique of the centers
>themselves. Returning cans is often dismissed as being too much trouble and
>many do not give their empties to these homeless. That translates to alot
>of unreturned deposits, free money for the state. Do you think they
>purposely make returning empties as unpleasant as possible in order to
>generate revenue?
We haven't had deposit bottles/cans in my state for the
last 2 decades or so. They used to have 'em when I was
a kid (1970's) -- used to make some spending money by collecting
bottles along the roadside that folks just tossed out.
Returning was done at the grocery store. Go to store.
Drop off old bottles. Pick up new cases of soda.
Quick. Easy. No muss, no fuss, no mess.
Do they not do this where you live?
Posted by Seerialmom on July 5, 2007, 7:10 pm
> >I can't speak for rural or suburban communities but in urban areas,
> >returning items for deposit can be a dreadful chore. These centers are
> >usually filthy and attract many of the city's homeless into these areas.
> >Known drug addicts frequent these establishments as well. That is not an
> >indictment on society's less fortunate but rather a critique of the centers
> >themselves. Returning cans is often dismissed as being too much trouble and
> >many do not give their empties to these homeless. That translates to alot
> >of unreturned deposits, free money for the state. Do you think they
> >purposely make returning empties as unpleasant as possible in order to
> >generate revenue?
> We haven't had deposit bottles/cans in my state for the
> last 2 decades or so. They used to have 'em when I was
> a kid (1970's) -- used to make some spending money by collecting
> bottles along the roadside that folks just tossed out.
> Returning was done at the grocery store. Go to store.
> Drop off old bottles. Pick up new cases of soda.
> Quick. Easy. No muss, no fuss, no mess.
> Do they not do this where you live?
What states don't have deposit bottles or cans? In California the
plastic liter bottles are 10¢ and cans are 2.5¢ (meaning 2 for 5¢).
But I agree...as a kid we would look for empty Pepsi bottles and get
our 10¢; we could buy two Sugar Daddies or Hershey bars with that.
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> returning items for deposit can be a dreadful chore. These centers are
> usually filthy and attract many of the city's homeless into these areas.
> Known drug addicts frequent these establishments as well. That is not an
> indictment on society's less fortunate but rather a critique of the centers
> themselves. Returning cans is often dismissed as being too much trouble and
> many do not give their empties to these homeless. That translates to alot of
> unreturned deposits, free money for the state. Do you think they purposely
> make returning empties as unpleasant as possible in order to generate
> revenue?
>
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