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XDingoX83 t1_j1zhza7 wrote

Reply to comment by TituspulloXIII in New Connecticut laws for 2023: new truck tax, a pay raise for legislators and bottle deposit expansion by tottergeek

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.

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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.

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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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