Dc proposes 10 cent bottle/can deposit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you get reimbursed for the .10 cent deposit?

if it’s like in Michigan you put the cans in a machine. It counts then though they don’t accept all cans. I think only stuff they sell. Might be different now thirty years later. You get a printout and go to the customer service area and they give you the money. They might have totally automated machines now the either give out cash or a store credit

That’s a lot of work. I’m sure plenty of people don’t bother. It’s another way for the government to get its hands in the pockets of residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you get reimbursed for the .10 cent deposit?

if it’s like in Michigan you put the cans in a machine. It counts then though they don’t accept all cans. I think only stuff they sell. Might be different now thirty years later. You get a printout and go to the customer service area and they give you the money. They might have totally automated machines now the either give out cash or a store credit

That’s a lot of work. I’m sure plenty of people don’t bother. It’s another way for the government to get its hands in the pockets of residents.

kids in dorms were religious about getting deposits back. They’d even store empty beer cans visibly . You only got in trouble if they had beer in them, not empties. I had to give some of my fraternity brothers car rides so they could redeem deposits

[Anonymous]

Bottle deposits make no sense in the age of single-stream recycling. Right now us DC residents put all our recycling (bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, plastic, etc.) in the blue bin where it gets picked up each week (sometimes twice a week depending on where you live). This idea that we're going to sort our returnables separately, store them in our house for a while, and finally take them back to the grocery story to be redeemed like it's 1992 is completely nuts.

Yes, I grew up in a state with a bottle deposit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Germany does this too. It’s really not a big deal. Most people bring their own reusable bags anyway. So bring back your plastic bottles in your bag, load into machine on your way in, grab the receipt, give receipt to cashier at some point along with your items and that amount is deducted.

[Anonymous]

That sounds like a pain in the ass. Do they not have single stream recycling curbside there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That sounds like a pain in the ass. Do they not have single stream recycling curbside there?

Obviously that isn’t working if only a quarter are being recycled.

[Anonymous]

This is totally on brand for progressive crazies. Rather than addressing the actual problem, LITTERING, they come up with a new expensive program that won’t solve the underlying problem. I just can’t anymore with these people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is totally on brand for progressive crazies. Rather than addressing the actual problem, LITTERING, they come up with a new expensive program that won’t solve the underlying problem. I just can’t anymore with these people.

I hate progressive crazies as much as you do, but it does clean up the bottles because their other pet project (homeless people everywhere) will be incentivized to go and clean up a little. Yes the rest of the plastic trash will still be left around but at least bottles would be picked up.

Since they’re releasing violent criminals back on the streets even after multiple offenses, it will be a cold day in hell before they ever punish someone for littering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is totally on brand for progressive crazies. Rather than addressing the actual problem, LITTERING, they come up with a new expensive program that won’t solve the underlying problem. I just can’t anymore with these people.

This Council is beyond repair. Sadly our only hope is Trump reining them in before they implement more failed San Francisco policies.

[Anonymous]

How does this work if you buy sodas in VA and live in DC? Can you take them in to get money back having not paid the deposit in VA?

I’ve dealt with this in CT, but wasn’t buying things in other states!

[Anonymous]

More expensive goods and homeless people hanging out in the grocery store. Sounds great.

[Anonymous]

Good. And good for the homeless people if it helps them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does this work if you buy sodas in VA and live in DC? Can you take them in to get money back having not paid the deposit in VA?

I’ve dealt with this in CT, but wasn’t buying things in other states!

I sometimes brought Guinness I bought in Maryland to Michigan when I was in college. Then redeemed the cans. Back then it depended on the store if they sold the item they’d redeem it. This was almost 30 years ago so maybe technology is better but I assume it’s still barcode based. Maybe they can tell if it was bottled elsewhere they won’t redeem it . Is anything bottled in dc?

[Anonymous]

My fraternity used to buy cases of crap beer like meister brau or Goebel beer for about $6.80 a case then it added on a 2.40 deposit which is almost half the cost. Milwaukee’s best is like a luxury item in comparison

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does this work if you buy sodas in VA and live in DC? Can you take them in to get money back having not paid the deposit in VA?

I’ve dealt with this in CT, but wasn’t buying things in other states!

They bill requires DC retailers to add some sort of sticker or special barcode to the can to indicate it's a DC-sold can and deposit was taken. More work for businesses.

There's also a Seinfeld episode about this, when there were not special markings. Kramer uses Newman's mail truck to take it full of bottles up to Michigan where you get 10 cents back, since in NY there was no deposit on the bottles.