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Originally Posted by The Goon
Growing up in Toronto, we didn't have deposits on cans/bottles so we would throw everything into the blue box, and the city would simply come and take it away. There was nothing of any value in the boxes, so no one would go through them.
I'm happy that curbside recycling has finally been introduced here (even though my townhouse/condo isn't included), but obviously there's some ramifications of this to be dealt with.
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It's the same in Winnipeg. The cans aren't worth anything, so no one has ever gone through our bin as far as I know.
When I first moved from Alberta I was surprised to find out that there were no deposits and somewhat disappointed that I could no longer collect a nice little chunk of change for returning my empties. But now I'm happy to just throw them in the blue bin. One less thing to worry about.