The current law allows this - you only have to take back what you sell.
Can Redemption
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The current law allows this - you only have to take back what you sell.
...and those stores (looking at yo HyVee) are in zero hurry to fix those machines or provide a convenient method.
Dahl's had an awesome machine, I can dump $15 worth of cans and be done within 5 mins. HyVee takes 20 min at least by the time I feed them in 1x1.
Yeah, i'm the same way. Its time consuming and messy to take the cans back to the store (a store i rarely go into anyway since i have hyvee deliver most of my groceries), i just throw my cans into my recycling bin and lose the couple bucks. Its basically just a pure tax for me.
The boy scouts have a trailer at the north Ankeny Fareway and we just dump ours there.
As for the archaic law itself, I look for Iowa to go the other way and add deposits to even more types of bottles (including water) rather than moving toward including bottles with all other recyclables.
As for the archaic law itself, I look for Iowa to go the other way and add deposits to even more types of bottles (including water) rather than moving toward including bottles with all other recyclables.
This is a law that had outlived its usefulness in an era of curb side recycling. It should be eliminated. But that will never happen because it is now a revenue source for the government. All those cans that don't come back are free money for the state. A hidden tax as alarson pointed out.
Living in a no deposit state now, i would never want to go back to that model. And no, there is not a noticeable increase in cans in the ditch compared to Iowa.
Living in a no deposit state now, i would never want to go back to that model. And no, there is not a noticeable increase in cans in the ditch compared to Iowa.
I complained to the Manager at the Urbandale Hy-Vee about his machines being broken and only accepting 20% of the cans/bottles.
He told me to just bring them inside, and give them a count. It worked for me last time, though I only did it for the ones that wouldn't scan. Next time I might just do the whole thing.
Most Hy-Vee's use to have these also and Dahls also got rid of them. They were not reliable and you'd pretty much have to schedule someone full time to man the machines.
I'd like to see the deposit go away. I just can't throw away the money.
As a former employee of Hy-Vee, I'm OK with that. Knowing that there are bags and bags of dirty cans in the same backroom as food is disgusting.
As a former Hy-Vee employee who worked at customer service and dealt with can/bottle returns the stuff we saw was gross. Nothing like having to reach into bags with broken glass, bugs, pee and pooh, garbage, vomit, you name it, I probably touched it when we took cans back in the store. And trying to tell people their cans had be be clean, you would swear the whole world just collapsed on them. We had people throw cans and bottles at us if asked them to take them out of the bag they were in to get an actual count. We were expected to just believe them when they said they had 100 cans in a plastic grocery bag. My favorite thing to ask them was how would they feel if after taking their cans I was up front sacking groceries touching everything and them wondering if I had washed my hands.
The deposit bill is outdated and needs to be eliminated. Spend the money and develop strong curbside recycling programs. All my cans/bottles go directly in the recycling bin. It is so much easier and I don't have to worry them.
Every once in awhile we’d find needles in them. Dip spit was also terrible.
My cans go straight to the curb. Not worth the hassle anymore.
I guess I’m in the minority of taking my cans to the redemption center, but as long as we are recycling, I don’t care.
Just don’t put this **** in a dump
Also, you people act like this is hard. Just get a can box and a bag
Just don’t put this **** in a dump
Also, you people act like this is hard. Just get a can box and a bag
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Id also add dead mice, used condoms and used tampons to the list. In general, people are disgusting
