Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die'
by vidarh on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:07PM
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Norway has a tax on drinks containers, and an optional bottle returns scheme, but with a tax refund tied to return rates which means almost everywhere participates in the deposit/returns scheme because its cheaper than paying the tax. I wish that mechanism was extended to a lot more things.
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Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die'
by dgrcode on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:58PM
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This sounds good until you have to wait 10 minutes on the local return point to get 30 cent back.
You really need to not value your time at all to be willing to participate on those schemes.
Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die'
by dpark on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:20PM
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Germany had a similar scheme for returning soda bottles when I studied there (no idea if they still do). I would save up a few bottles before bothering to return them. Took a couple of minutes max. Hardly a big effort.
No one is standing in line to return one bottle.
My local grocery store has a similar return system for glass milk bottles. You just turn them in at the register when you check out. Even simpler.