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Originally Posted by ZenGum
I thought only South Australia had a deposit scheme like that. Oregon, I salute you!
Here, there are a few dozen recycling depots - the retail shops don't have to take the empties. The problem of people not bothering is solved by the presence of homeless people (yes, even in our hippy-fascist social utopia  ) who scratch together a trickle of income by collecting and returning empty bottles and cans.
Pretty much as soon as you cross the border into another state, the roadsides are littered with enough drink containers that it would be economically viable to collect them if only they had deposits. |
Michigan is 10c per bottle or can. many states have a deposit scheme. Only a few are 10c, though. A great fundraiser for youth groups etc. And the homeless.....