Because the 'middle person' is making a profit, and has to share the responsibility to keep this stuff out of landfills. Hence the CRV system.
So is the original supplier, and the only reason it is stocked is the person buying it. Perhaps taking some actual personal responsibility would be a good thing instead of legislating it on someone else.
If personal responsibility would work, we wouldn't need any laws. It's either stick or carrot, as in this case.
I don't believe in punishing a merchant for the sins of his/her customers.
Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans
by polymatter on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @06:21AM
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do you also not believe in merchants collecting Sales Tax?
That is a bit of an odd jump since the transaction takes place at the merchant where recycling doesn't.
The merchant is part of and in control of the transaction generating the sale tax, but has no say on where the product goes after the transaction. That part is all on the customer.
The store bought them from someone else, so why ding the middle person? The last owner should deal with them.