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Originally Posted by Radio
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Cash grab by who? If you had to pay a deposit that you couldn't get back then I could see your point. But I don't understand cash grab here...
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OP's point was that the perceived majority of recycling-conscientious people are no longer taking their bottles to depots preferring to deposit them into their blue bins instead. Since we are already taxed on the blue bins, the bottle deposits collected by retailers on behalf of Alberta Environment (I believe this is where the money ultimately goes to, but I could be wrong on this) are a cash grab. I think this is a very fair and reasonable assessment of the current situation.
Collection of bottles (and other recyclables) by homeless people could be reimbursed from social assistance funding programs.