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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by thx11389793 on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:41PM (#17852507)
it's all fun and games until someone figures out they can make cigarette butts and turn them in for money
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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by koolba on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:44PM (#17852532)
Wouldn’t be the first time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by gruez on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:56PM (#17852640)
considering people aren't making bottles/cans to game beverage container deposit programs, I don't think it's going to be that big of an issue.
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Re:Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean t... by pintxo on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:00PM (#17854002)
One guy [1] manipulated a bottle return machine to get a cash out of some 40,000€. He prevented the machine from shredding the bottle, so he could return it 180,000 times.

[1] (German only) http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/koeln-betrueger-erbeut...

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