Starting in 2024, Californians can redeem empty wine and liquor containers for cash
Starting in 2024, Californians can redeem empty wine and liquor containers for cash
The state has added wine and liquor to the state's Beverage Container Recycling Program.
Wow. This has been a thing in Canada for as long as I can remember. And I am, for Lemmy, damn near antediluvian.
We've had it in California for forever as well (hello fellow old person!) but it was only for aluminum soda/beer/sparkling water cans, plastic soda bottles and glass beer bottles. This measure is adding wine bottles, pouches and boxes, liquor bottles and juice jugs.
Knowing you're a fellow old makes your username that much better, I now love it.
Thanks for the clarification, that makes sense. I'm unsure how long we've been able to recycle those here. I'd assume for always but be not entirely surprised were that not the case.
Shh, they're trying to catch up
Glass bottles have a list of states where you can return them for a deposit.
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We've had this for plastic bottles forever here in Norway.
Same in California for most beverage cans and bottles. It's specifically the wine and liquor containers that are new.
In Denmark it's on plastic, aluminum, glass, pretty much anything that can be recycled.
We have it for aluminimum as well in Norway. We used to have it for glass too, but not anymore for some reason.
Same for Finland.
It's also common in many states including California for cans, plastic bottles, and many glass bottles but this particular measure adds more types like wine and liquor bottles and pouches
Moving from CA to a place with no aluminum recycling was initially weird, then my city completely stopped picking up all recycling... because staff shortages, so the world is full of surprises (guess what else they outlawed here..)
Probably drinking?
Oh, nah, something about womens bodies... pretty wack
Sensationalized article doesn't mention at all that you're going to be paying that when you purchase in the first place.
Isn’t that how all container redemption programs are run?
It's a local news site that just states the facts. California citizens already are aware they pay for it at the counter.
Nothing about this is sensationalized
Yeah, it's kind of like those places that make you place a quarter in the shopping cart to use it, but it's more annoying since you aren't typically drinking at the store where you can return it. I get that it's to encourage recycling, but what's wrong with me throwing them in the recycling bin for regular street collection? In that case it's still being recycled but I'm losing out on the fee for every single bottle/can which adds up.
Recyling can have multiple meanings. e.g in germany most bottles are meant to be used multiple times. e.g plastic bottles are refilled up to 20 times. throwing stuff in the recycling bin is only for things that are meant to be melted down and recast.
Here in Germany we have Pfand system to return our bottles and get our cash back since 2003.
In my Canadian province, a mandatory deposit has been in place since 1970. I didn't even realize this wasn't standard elsewhere.
Where though? I haven’t seen cash refund kiosks for years.
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One other thing: in CA most stores not near a recycling center are required to take them back and refund you in store.
See https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/InStoreRedemption for the list of stores for your zip.
I've done this at Walmart, Safeway, Walgreens, Sams, etc. lots of stores are on that list, and most people don't know. Worst case, ask for a manager, they should know. Also the stores have a sign at the entrance window telling you that they take stuff for CRV. You don't need to have bought it there.
It's much better than finding a place, sorting, weighing, etc
Oh neat, let’s see what we have
“No records found.”
I sort of feel Rick rolled.
Enjoy your .05
It's a quarter for boxed wine!! Really though, this title is misleading. It should say "California Redemption Value deposit charge to be added to liquor and juice containers starting in January."
They add it to the price of the product at checkout, it's a "deposit" that you are able to get back if you want to save up your containers and drive them to the recycling center.
I see this mostly benefiting people who make a few dollars a day digging through public (and not so public) trash receptacles looking for things with CRV to turn in.
That's called pant in Norway, and it has existed as long as I have lived. Funny thing is, we actually removed it from glass bottles at some point, so now it only works for plastic bottles (Coca Cola, etc)
They are introducing this in Ireland in 2024. Starting with cans and hard plastic containers. I think it's a great idea. I do hope they expand it to include glass bottles though.
Coca cola in particular had been lobbying against these systems for decades. People buy less if the cost is higher, so instead they want their dumb packaging to be spread everywhere.
Beautiful profit interest saves us all
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I was trading empty bottles and jars for some money since I was a kid in Estonia. That system is older than the Russian Federation.
Make a free refill program instead ;)