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Originally Posted by pepper24
Paying a deposit on your cans or bottles was a great idea before when we needed new ways to reduce waste and didn't have wide spread recycling programs. Thousands of acres of rain forest were saved from this practical practice at the time but now is not necessary.
Now everyone recycles, we pay additional fees for blue bins that are always half empty......what is the point of having to pay a deposit then having to find a bottle depot in a non-residential area.
Driving to find one of these depots causes emissions and takes up my time. If I put them in the blue bin it attracts homeless people or old Asian couples. I always think the guy at my depot is ripping me off.
Is there a need for bottle depots today. Would be nice to not have to pay an extra $1.20 on a case of beer then have to waste a Saturday afternoon trying to recoup that.
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Deposits help ensure higher recycling rates. How often do you miss an item that could be recycled and it ends up in the trash? Jurisdictions with bottle deposits in North America have far higher recycling rates than those without. There is a reason that bottle pickers sort through the black bins too.
Personally I'd like to add deposits to more things - like cigarette butts. Smokers have proven they can't be trusted to not litter so it's time to incentivise hanging onto those gross little things.