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handmade34

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19. the transfer station

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 03:38 PM

Jul 2019

here has a bin for returnable bottles and cans for the Scouts to turn in for cash

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

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Do You Take Your Bottles to Recycling to Claim Deposits? [View all] ProudLib72 Jul 2019 OP

Ain't no such thing in Texas - We just put them in the recycle bin. Xipe Totec Jul 2019 #1

Ah yes, I forgot to add that the last time I did it was in CT ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #2

Now that they pick up the recycle bin in the alley every week. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #3

When I was about 11, I would go to the construction sites to find cans ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #4

I know. Back in my day it was bottles. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #8

The kids in my neighborhood have been setting up slushy stands ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #10

Very clever. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #12

Just put in recycle for pick-up. No redemption in Fl. Fla Dem Jul 2019 #5

In metro ATL there are very few places that take bottles. Our city does not (Republic Services) CurtEastPoint Jul 2019 #6

I know of no deposits for anything but milk in glass bottles from Whole Foods. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #7

Surely you remember the days when King Soopers and Safeway would take bottle and cans ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #9

weird Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #14

Where do you live? ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #16

News to me I have been shopping at Krogers forever and never saw doc03 Jul 2019 #28

Here in the PNW, it's standard. nt Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #29

I don't think it was all that long ago. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #15

I vaguely remember him. I remember stories of him leaving flowers ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #17

No, I didn't know about the Rocky Flats guy. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #18

I tried to find an article about him but gave up ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #21

Here in New York we just take them back to the grocery store where we got them Rhiannon12866 Jul 2019 #11

Deposit is ten cents in my state. Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #13

the transfer station handmade34 Jul 2019 #19

Yes I do Wolf Frankula Jul 2019 #20

Sure, I take them in to grocery for the deposit, or give them to somebody. 10 cents . (Oregon) Shrike47 Jul 2019 #22

We don't get a deposit. Aristus Jul 2019 #23

No, but I place them on top of the recycling bin so that people who need the deposit can access them femmedem Jul 2019 #24

Yes, we do. Adsos Letter Jul 2019 #25

$30 each time you go! ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #34

We don't get any deposits in Ohio, the packaging industry doc03 Jul 2019 #26

10 cents, in Michigan. You just take them to the grocery store and use the machines. Siwsan Jul 2019 #27

I used to give the pop bottles to the grands to take in. Srkdqltr Jul 2019 #32

I always hope for school kids to knock on the door, asking if I have any bottles Siwsan Jul 2019 #33

There are lots of places all around the Boston area to get deposits. flyingfysh Jul 2019 #30

Recyclers in my area won't accept glass (or magazines) and have signs posted stating so. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #31

Religiously. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #35

I bag them and leave them on the curb. They're gone in hours. hunter Jul 2019 #36

We have a deposit in Iowa. A local organization collects them and the money rurallib Jul 2019 #37

Maine was the first state to enact a "Bottle Bill" in 1976 jpak Jul 2019 #38

Now that's a religions cause I would donate to ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #40

Yep. There are more containers with the recycling fee associated MissB Jul 2019 #39