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Originally Posted by freeweed
Time vs money. My friends think I'm insane that I don't store up all sorts of crap in my garage, and take a run down to the ever-nice smelling bottle depots, all for a few dollars. I'll gladly "throw out" a few bucks a month just to avoid that hassle. And yes, it works out to much less than $10/month in my household - we're not chronic pop or beer drinkers.
Quite frankly adding a bottle levy now that we have curbside recycling (that we pay for!) is completely disgusting. The levies worked wonderfully when there was no other option other than throwing them out, but really, there's no excuse not to recycle now, so what the hell is the point of a levy?
I suspect a lot of people will be like me, and just toss it in the blue bin anyway. And the city (or whoever is charging this levy) will reap the profits. For absolutely no reason at all.  |
That was how I felt as well. Like you, I don't see enough benefit in taking my recycling in, so I just leave it in the alley for the local 'pickers' to take... seems to work better for everyone.
I just think it's a little annoying that this easy-to-use curb side program finally arrives, only to have even more fees that undermine it's utilization.
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