On May 20, 10:36*am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2011-05-20, ViLco > wrote:
>
> > was about 1.50, I've never seen such an effective refund policy nowhere
> > else.
>
> Oregon and many other states. *Two cent deposit on bottles, five cents
> on cans. *
>
> nb

I think here in Iowa, it's 5 cents for nearly everything - but not on
non-carbonated beverage bottles like plastic water bottles, energy
drinks, etc. Everytime the legislature tries to expand the deposit/
refund law, the special interest groups knock them down.

N.

On 2011-05-31, Nancy2 > wrote:

> I think here in Iowa, it's 5 cents for nearly everything - but not on
> non-carbonated beverage bottles like plastic water bottles, energy
> drinks, etc. Everytime the legislature tries to expand the deposit/
> refund law, the special interest groups knock them down.

Yep. Special interest lobbyist prevailed in CA. The deposit scheme
puts the onus on the mfg's, distributers, and retailers, so they
fight it to the death. CA finally did an end run around them by
creating state mandated collection centers that are required to pay
scrape rates. It's not as surefire as deposits, but it does prevent
the stuff from remaining litter for very long.

nb