XDingoX83 t1_j1zfk79 wrote
Reply to comment by CompasslessPigeon in New Connecticut laws for 2023: new truck tax, a pay raise for legislators and bottle deposit expansion by tottergeek
What about those who have recycling pick up? The point is to recycle not to use cans as a revenue source. We are punishing thousands of people who live in cities and towns who have recycling picked up for doing the right thing.
Herald_of_Leshrac t1_j21l77k wrote
I have recycling pickup in my town, I just put the cans/bottles into their own bags that I don't bring out to the curbside. Once every couple of months, I take the deposit bottles to a redemption center. Not really sure what's so hard about that?
CompasslessPigeon t1_j1zfqh7 wrote
I’ve had recycling pick up my entire life. I still bring my cans back. It’s not a punishment. You’re welcome to surrender the money if you so choose but you can bring your cans back too
XDingoX83 t1_j1zgou8 wrote
So you’re paying for single stream recycling and then still taking the cans in. That is still a punishment. The point of the deposit is to incentivize recycling. They are making you waste your time because you can’t use a service you pay for without losing money. Do you see why that is stupid? So either I use a service I have to pay for by my city and lose money on the bottle deposit or go to the nasty ass return place and waste my time there to get my money back. I’ll say it one more time the whole purpose is to get people to recycle if I put my cans in to the recycle bin that I’m doing my part why should I then be punished by paying a 1.20 tax on every 12 pack for using a service I have to pay for?
CompasslessPigeon t1_j1zhbfb wrote
That’s just like your opinion man! You can choose not to support it. I like it and will continue to support it because lately there’s been more and more cans on the side of the road because nobody gives a shit. You could also stop buying products that use deposits. Tap water is deposit free, fountain drinks and draught beer are deposit free.
XDingoX83 t1_j1zit5w wrote
So again you punish the people who do the right thing, recycle their cans, but because they don’t do it the least effective way possible they get punished? An easy fix for this is a tax rebate for towns with single stream recycling. Why not give those town’s resident 50 dollars off their income taxes? That would be equal to one twelve pack a week for a year roughly. That way you keep the deposit but don’t punish residents who use recycle bins for having the audacity of recycling in an easy manner.
I’d like to add people do the easiest thing and I’d argue single stream recycling has done more to increase recycling than a deposit. Most people don’t have the time or energy to go to a recycling center but give them a blue bin and let them put it on the curb next to their normal trash and they are more likely to do it because it’s no extra effort on their part.
CompasslessPigeon t1_j1zj97i wrote
Single stream recycling is basically a myth anyway. Most of it goes into landfills (somewhere in the vicinity of 90%). It’s not a punishment. You have options. Buying canned beverages isn’t a god given right. It’s a choice you make. You can choose to buy your products a different way
robertdilbert t1_j21lzu5 wrote
what do you like about it?
TituspulloXIII t1_j1zgjo0 wrote
Who doesn't have recycling pick up? You just don't put the cans in there.
If you don't want to go to a store to return the cans one at a time, look up redemption centers, they have large counters you can just dump a bag into.
XDingoX83 t1_j1zhza7 wrote
Small towns with no garbage pick up don’t. When I lived in Danielson we didn’t have garbage pick up where I was. We had to take our trash to the dump and use special bags. Also as I said in another comment I’d you are paying for a service but then can’t use that service because of a tax it is kind of stupid the point of this is to recycle not to collect revenue for the state. If people are recycling via single stream why do you need the deposit? What I see is a scam. So you pay the recycler to come pick up your cans which they resell at a profit and the state collects a 10 cent revenue meanwhile your dumb ass pays for both the take away of the cans and the deposit. And don’t say just take it in because that is also a waste of your time the opportunity cost for many people isn’t worth it. It’s just another hidden tax on people. If there was a tax way to rebate towns that use single stream recycling that would make it fair as the whole purpose of the deposit is to incentivize recycling not be a revenue stream.
TituspulloXIII t1_j1zkokj wrote
If people cared about recycling there wouldn't be shit all of the side of the road. At least with a deposit it means, at the very least, cans are picked up off the road and returned.
I just wish they'd make it a deposit on nips instead of a flat tax. That's the current plague of trash all over roadways.
If you don't want the state to collect your revenue, just donate the cans. Just look around you probably have boy scouts, school sports, an animal shelter, something that is running a can drive trying to raise money.
TituspulloXIII t1_j20sxly wrote
Also, as far as garbage pickup, was there not a private company that could be contracted out for that area?
Back when i lived in Marlborough, the town didn't have trash/recycling either. But there was a private company that would do it (i just brought my stuff to the transfer station)
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