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I think it's time to end the bottle deposite. As the manager of an apartment building, I see how most of the tennants don't want to bother with returning the bottles and cans. They just stack them up beside the recycling bins for someone else to take in. I see cans and bottles left out on curbs for the shopping cart people to get. (wasn't part of the idea of the bottle bill to get the cans and bottles off the streets?) Also, if the deposite type bottles are placed in the recycling bin, then the shopping cart people are dumping those out to get them. We now have a great recycling program that most people would be happy to put those bottles and cans into without the financial insentive.

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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