Comments on The Greening of Gavin: Drink Manufacturers State The Bleeding Obvious

I have also seen with my eyes this kind of inciden...

2009-12-09T03:38:37.841+11:00

I have also seen with my eyes this kind of incidents occurring in front of me. People have become so much addicted to it and therefore it is very difficult to leave it so early. Rehabilitation is required for it.

Yet they don't scaremonger when they're th...

2009-11-03T11:28:51.598+11:00

Yet they don't scaremonger when they're the ones deciding to put the price up to improve their bottom line... funny that :-P

Gavin, I have heard of several people here in Sth....

2009-11-03T08:29:56.514+11:00

Gavin, I have heard of several people here in Sth. Oz. who have made a fortune by riding their bicycle around the streets of Adelaide, picking up any empty cans.
Not only have they made enough to purchase a rental property, they have also improved their health with the exercise, not to mention the extra benefit of keeping the streets clear of litter. Some have a small trailer attached to the bike to carry the load !!

Gavin - all I can say is that Coca-Cola fought the...

2009-11-03T02:21:21.456+11:00

Gavin - all I can say is that Coca-Cola fought the bottle return fee here in the US. They wanted if the fee was going to be approved for the unclaimed deposits after a certain period of time to become part of the Company's funds. However this would mean putting some sort of tracking on the deposits to know how old they were etc.

Recently in the US there was legislation (maybe just here in NY) to add the deposit to water bottles, it was approved and then put on hold. The idea was to include all plastic and aluminum beverage containers (not just soda, and beer which is currently returnable).

I honestly couldn't say if it has been put in place or is still on hold, because I don't buy these products. I honestly don't think the container deposit has hurt anyone. They return the bottles and get the money back. Its no different than when we used to get our glass soda bottles from a beverage company. You paid a deposit on each case of bottles and the wooden case. If you brought them back the money was credited, if you didn't you paid the deposit again.

The result I see is people collecting the tossed bottles and returning them. Hey good money for those individuals (and they are working for it) and good for the environment.

I do however had to say a good number of people don't find the $.05 or $.10 (glass) refund to be worth it and many are tossed (not even recycle bin, just trashed) because it has become part of the cost.

Good Luck in getting it through. I would like to see it higher, just to make it worth it to return them. I would also like to see us add the mandatory scrap food composting that exists in SF and another large city here in the US.

Keep lobbying for the change.