Those of you that live outside of ME HI OR CA or a few other states know who you are.. your the guys that get your cans and bottles for free. for those of us stuck in the good old C-of-A we are subjected to the CRV California Refund Value price addition to our beverage purchases.
now i'm not one to gripe. I have a recycling center only a few blocks away. They are fast, but they suffer the problem that NIST has plagued this country with.. the weight standard.
so get this.... new 'eco friendly' packaging ensures my 5cent bottle doesn't last as long (I do reuse and put other water in it by the way) but when I go to turn it in, this bottle is worth LESS than the taxation I Paid for. - since I suffer from making a point without making one, let me spell this out for the slower among you.. if some bottles weigh more than others, yet they all are worth 5 cents, only the heavy ones will be worth the full amount, the lighter ones will return less when you submit them if they are put on a scale. this begs the question what weight does the state define as a 5cent weight?
so california pockets the difference? with the recession and all, maybe they can make jobs like Oregon does with putting gas in cars... instead of weighing this stuff, pay a dude to count it and get me my whole 5 cents back.
so do I calculate the difference and put the appropriate water back in the bottles to throw the scales?
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
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be environmentally friendly by ONLY purchasing the heaviest bottles. That seems pretty backwards. Why not just pay you for the weight (1 cent) and count something standardized like the caps (4 cents) so it's a much better average? I realize this complicates things, but then companies and consumers that take the initiative to use less are not motivated. perhaps you can find a really heavy 'paint' so the tampering is not emmediatly obvious. - or, start recycling 'full' bottles!
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