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Default The high cost of stupid bottled water

On 09/02/2012 5:59 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>>
>> That's way too high a deposit, people will get mugged for their
>> bottles before they even get them home. A 5¢ deposit per bottle
>> works very well in NY, it's rare I see a bottle at the side of the
>> road except for an occasional full beer bottle that was tossed because
>> the man in the big hat was chasing someone in the dark of night.

>
> No need for a bottle deposit here. People willingly recycle.
>
>




We have recycling here. We have to put paper and cardboard in a grey bin
and metal,glass and plastic in a blue bin. Most parks, stores, malls and
take out restaurants have recycling bins. There are still lots of
people who just toss their water bottles and paper coffee cups out the
car window.