• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    If your country had the German Pfand system where you pay 25 cent more per can and get it back if you return it, this would be expensive…

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      3 days ago

      In Mexico City people would bring plastic bags with them and return glass bottles immediately, and just drink Coke out of plastic bags with a straw.

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      3 days ago

      We have that in Ontario, and as a kid my cub/scout troop would go around town and ask people to give us their empties as a fundraiser. We’d return them and use the money to buy camping supplies and stuff.

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        3 days ago

        Hey buddy! We never did this in scouts but that’s such a good idea. When I was in college my roommates and I could have used such a service. I actually just posted that there are people making a living off of combing the ditches and parks for empties. Bottle/can returns is a whole economy.