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Originally Posted by bizaro86
It last went up in 2009 when small containers went up from 5 cents to 10 cents (except beer was already 10 cents) and large containers went from 20 cents to 25 cents. That was also when they added milk containers to the deposit system.
That raise took ~20 years, so we're probably due for another increase within the next few years. I think 15 cents/35 cents would be reasonable. Although return rates are very high so maybe the current system is working fine.
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I think we are on autopilot on this one, and the whole system needs to go. It made sense before we had blue bins. Now most Alberta municipalities have recycling systems. Why do we run a parallel system of depots, trucks, staff, and people driving to these places and using their time inefficiently? It used to be if you didn't recycle, it went in the trash. So we incentived people to recycle these things. And it worked. Except now if you don't want the money you toss it in your blue bin. So why do we need a refund system at all? They'll still get recycled.
We could take all the money this parallel system costs and put it into funding for the homeless and poor and community needs, and it would do a lot more good than the make-work project we continue to run for no logical reason.