Dc proposes 10 cent bottle/can deposit

[Anonymous]

Sucks for homeowners because when homeless people go through your recycling and trash to look for bottles of that make a mess, you get fined . And you’ll lose if you challenge it https://wtop.com/dc/2025/01/will-you-pay-an-extra-10-cents-for-a-bottled-drink-knowing-you-can-get-it-back-later/

[Anonymous]

Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

DC needs to stop making everything more expensive and ruining quality of life. This will policy will be magnet for homeless people all around the country.

[Anonymous]

Honestly I think it’s shameful that our nations capital doesn’t do this already. Only 24% recycled is appalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

DC needs to stop making everything more expensive and ruining quality of life. This will policy will be magnet for homeless people all around the country.

It’s a deposit. It’s only more expensive if you’re lazy and want to destroy the environment.

[Anonymous]

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[Anonymous]

Y'all wanna complain about anything smh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

Dc is very corrupt when it comes to garbage cans and recycling . Homeless guy goes through your stuff and makes a mess, you get fined

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

DC needs to stop making everything more expensive and ruining quality of life. This will policy will be magnet for homeless people all around the country.

It’s a deposit. It’s only more expensive if you’re lazy and want to destroy the environment.

Recycling is mostly a scam anyway. So your “destroying the environment” argument doesn’t hold water.

[Anonymous]

Establishing the infrastructure for collection is a nightmare. Where in Ward 1 do you think they are going to establish the collection site for getting your deposit back?

[Anonymous]

This is such a dumb question but how do you get your $.10 back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Establishing the infrastructure for collection is a nightmare. Where in Ward 1 do you think they are going to establish the collection site for getting your deposit back?

I went to the university of Michigan in the 1990s. They have a 10 cent bottle deposit in Michigan. Even then you’d go to some kind of grocery store and they have a machine that scans the cans and bottles then gives you receipt for a credit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

Dc is very corrupt when it comes to garbage cans and recycling . Homeless guy goes through your stuff and makes a mess, you get fined

So clean it up. Is it annoying? Sure. Is it the end of the world? No.

[Anonymous]

For everyone worrying about a homeless person going through the trash, there will also be less litter because people will pick up the bottles. It's probably a neutral-to-good policy for the environment. And it's probably slightly good for the health of DC residents because people will be less likely to buy bottled beverages. The challenge will be enforcement, and that many people will buy drinks in places where they aren't subject to a deposit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh I am from a state that does this and have zero issues with it.

DC needs to stop making everything more expensive and ruining quality of life. This will policy will be magnet for homeless people all around the country.

If a bottle deposit is a magnet for homeless people, how is there any homelessness in DC? Why didn't everyone move to Michigan?