[Goose24]

It's annoying. I grew up in Michigan for 25 years with the 10 cent deposit.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by LifeIsGood01

That's insane at least the bottle and can producers will fight it. at 20 cents a bottle, bottle water that can cost 8 cents a bottle or less would cost 28 cents so a 24 pack of water that goes on sale for $3 would cost $7.80. it's just another tax and I hope it's fought.

It's only a tax in this instance if you choose to throw the empties away. They call it a deposit because when you return them to the store or a recycling center you get that money back. What is it about you people when comes to the knee-jerk response to anything that seems like a tax? It's always on someone else's dime apparently...

[d4g4m]

Many counties already have a recycle program and anyone who owns a house pays for it on their property tax. I'll bet over 90% of plastic, glass and metal containers are collected.
AND for those that don't know, the next time you shop for FOOD items, the 'T' after the purchase price is a recycle TAX. So, we are paying twice to recycle the used 64 oz plastic container of V-8 juice.
I doubt that Publix, Winn-Dixie, Walmart want to get in the 'recycle' business.

[turkeydance]

a tax by any other name.

[beachmouse]

Originally Posted by d4g4m

I doubt that Publix, Winn-Dixie, Walmart want to get in the 'recycle' business.

If they have the space for it, stores generally like bottle recycling stations because it lets them attempt to recapture money from the deposit refund. A common system is like Coinstar- you feed your bottles and cans into a sorting machine and get a slip of paper that you exchange for cash at a customer service desk or cashier at a checkout line.

And of course the stores hope you stop in and pick up a few things while you're in the store and use the voucher slip to offset or fully pay for those few things.

[Goose24]

Originally Posted by d4g4m

Many counties already have a recycle program and anyone who owns a house pays for it on their property tax. I'll bet over 90% of plastic, glass and metal containers are collected.
AND for those that don't know, the next time you shop for FOOD items, the 'T' after the purchase price is a recycle TAX. So, we are paying twice to recycle the used 64 oz plastic container of V-8 juice.
I doubt that Publix, Winn-Dixie, Walmart want to get in the 'recycle' business.

Walmart already does it in Michigan. You can consider Meijer the northern version of Publix/WD and they do it too.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by turkeydance

a tax by any other name.

Just like toll roads, airlines, car rental companies, public utilities and cell phone companies to name a few.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Just like toll roads, airlines, car rental companies, public utilities and cell phone companies to name a few.

Back when I was a highly motivated striver make big money, I added ALL these taxes and fees up. Turned out I was paying 70% of my gross wages in taxes & fees.

I changed that really fast!

[Fredesch]

A bottle and can deposit is another great way to get more from tourists. Tourists are less likely than residents to cash in cans and bottles. Every bottle or can that a local cashes in from a tourist is a gain for Florida.

Plastic is an ocean polutant that doesn't go away. A depoist will help keep more plastic out of the ocean than not having a deposit.

In neighborhoods where folks like to throw their squashed beer cans in their yard or street, a deposit will change the neighborhood from a trashy area into a resource.

Everyone benefits by a deposit. If folks are too lazy to get their deposit back, the world wiill still be better because they will have less money and thus create less plastic/glass/aluminum trash.

[d4g4m]

I pay a non-ad valorem assessment on my yearly taxes in the amount of $159.48 and called 'solid waste service'. It includes pick up of all recycle materials every Tuesday morning. There is no need for me to pay 20 cents extra on a 2 liter plastic bottle of Pepsi that I would have to carry back to Publix.
btw- how much credit will be returned on my $159.48 on bottles that Waste Management will no longer get from me? To us, placing plastic, glass, metal cans in a blue bin is garbage. To Waste Management, it's a resource they sell.