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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by zx8080 on Friday February 16, 2024 @06:19PM (#39404349)
> which is basically a dime for a can.

It's your dime, that you've paid. Included in the price. Same thing exists in Sweden for plastic, for example.

Usually such schemes are basically incentives for homeless (or poor) people to clean up streets paid from the can buyers pockets.

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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by hansvm on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:50PM (#39405086)
That'd be an okay outcome probably. In my area you instead see both trash and recycling cans emptied into the street as an easy source of cans.
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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by Dalewyn on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:30PM (#39405763)
It still costs me my time and money to (re-)get that dime.

As far as I'm concerned, that ain't worth it; they can keep the dime and deal with the can in the trash bin, I couldn't care less.

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