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The Grumpy Old Man's avatar

Fully agree with the sentiments here. In the old days, the collector crushed the cans, taken to a central point and was paid by weight. Most of the money for this scheme appears to have been invested into point of collection scanners, mechanical crushing etc. Once again, bureaucracy creates inefficiencies.

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chlorella's avatar

I was fascinated and somewhat outraged when I noticed a 10c levy on the invoice from one of my drinks suppliers... so the beverage industry is paying for this.

I took my children to one just a stones throw from our house yesterday to check it out.

Broken glass all over beneath their bare feet.

A few people had diligently collected up hundreds of their containers from home.. I casually enquired as to whether they would be doing this again, and the reply was a resounding "no." Cannot redeem for cash apparently.

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