Can/Bottle Redemption
- Thread starter mkadl
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If grocery stores don't have to accept returns, I'm not sure where people would go. I mean, there's one redemption center in all of the DSM Metro?
I've decided to recycle or donate my cans for the last 2 or 3 yeras and my quality of life has improved. I just consider it part of the the cost of the beer.
I've decided to recycle or donate my cans for the last 2 or 3 yeras and my quality of life has improved. I just consider it part of the the cost of the beer.
The theory is that the increase in payouts to the redemption center will cause more people to open them. If that doesn't happen they've just effectively killed the bill anyway which is what some of them wanted all along.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem all that different than the current rule. Stores still have to have a redemption center relatively close by to not accept redemptions or they have to have an agreement with a redemption center to set up a mobile redemption unit. Before stores could always ask for a waiver if they had a redemption center within a certain distance of them. This does away with the waiver process. If no new redemption centers pop up most stores are still going to have take redemptions. It will be interesting to see if that is a big enough increase to actually increase the number of redemption centers.
I'm wondering if any of the people commenting here actually read what the bill does.
Except that some of that was allowed to "slide" the past few years, and Fareway stopped taking them altogether.
I haven't read the entire bill, but am wondering if the language about purchasing for consumption off-premises also applies to restaurants selling to-go alcohol. Do they also need to accept returns?
When "relatively close" is "within 10 miles", that really limits things especially in cities when there aren't all that many of them and those that do exist have extremely limited hours.
We should just end it. Most people have curbside recycling at this point and other states without these deposits don't have noticeably more issues than we do. Attitudes changed overall about litter.
I see both sides of the argument and would prefer if they keep the bottle bill to make it lucrative enough for the redemption centers to function as a profitable business. If they end the bill, I would make it mandatory that they end the open container part of the drunk driving law. The only litter I see consistently out here in the boonies is the person who is slamming a beer while driving home or just cruising and throws his empty out the window because he does not want stopped with an open container. IMO, that law is a huge contributor to littering second only to Dbags who are clueless.
Hopefully more redemption centers open. There used to be many of them around the state. I know a lot of people who don’t redeem them now as it’s not worth the hassle with the can machines or driving to the nearest redemption center. I know the data shows many don’t get redeemed. If this doesn’t work then maybe it’s time to end it
Can shed has drastically expanded in the CR metro. Used to just be one place on the SW side with I think some remote places you could drop off at grocery stores. Now they have opened locations in Hiawatha and Marion in the last couple of years.
Stupid question, does this bill mean the redemption centers will get 3 cents per can and the people dropping them off get the remaining 2 of the 5 cent deposit?
