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XDingoX83 t1_j1zgou8 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

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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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