01-07-2011, 05:09 PM
DaviDC. wrote:
[quote=Trouble]
[quote=DaviDC.]
Bottled water is one of the biggest cons ever carried out in this country.
Not as bad as the recycling con. (Except for aluminum cans)
I harvest aluminum cans to take in for recycling.
If I was King of America, I'd outlaw glass & plastic bottles. If people are going to throw their used beverage containers out the window, then they ought to be made of something that's profitable to be picked up.
Weight of aluminum or deposit returns ?
All the stores that are required to operate bottle redemption here are only taking what they've sold.
Good luck trying to return a beer bottle at a grocery store that doesn't sell beer or a can or bottle the liquor store didn't sell.
Plus you don't get cash, you get store credit redemption slips. That can usually only be used for purchases.
We pay $80.00 a year to put just about everything including plastic bottle with no deposits in a blue box on the curb once a week. No limit and peoples still throw crap out their car windows.
I'm not a fan of deposits but I think that's the only way to help keep it out of the environment - make it worth something to pick back up after the slobs.