I hate cans and bottles. I loathe warm, sticky pop and beer. I disdain those that purchase bottled water. I'm sure these feelings will fade. (I just drank a Dr. Pepper at a birthday party, shsss.)
But every time I open my garage door and see this pile of carbon footprints...I cringe. I've decided that the way to fund national health care is to tax anything made with fructose corn syrup. These pictures shows 1/4 of the cans we collected in one section of one town...in a two hour period. When I stare at these cans I see visions of corroded livers---can a liver do that? Do you all hate me?
One little tidbit: drink of choice---Keystone Light.
I have decided to do something to make the world a better place. I can't cure world hunger. I can't sit down with the Palestinians and Israelis and broker a peace agreement. I can't even control my own future, or at least not completely. But I can send an e-mail to my representatives and ask them why California accepts so many more cans than Oregon? Really? You can't find a way to recycle the Kirkland brand. Other states do. Seems like they are made out of the same plastic as Aveeno. And is there a reason why Oregon won't give 5 cents for Gatorade? And Lipton products? All made out of the same materials.
OK, I'm done.
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So I'm going to be brave and be perfectly honest - I don't even care about getting the deposit back, if they (for example Fred Meyer) could just make returning bottles and cans easier...and more sanitary. The return centers are SO foul and sticky. I miss returning cans to the grocer when there was an actual HUMAN to help me out. Just sayin'....
Love the bravery. No, Jen, I personally don't care about the 5 cents, but I do when it is a fundraiser. And it is such a bummer when you have a garbage full of cans that you can't get money for etc.
Agreed!
I used to be that person who had to sort through sticky, icky, sometimes ant & tobacco laden cans. I want a teenager to suffer through the same misery I did! LOL. :) That said, I would prefer to just put them at the curb with the recycling, but can't bring myself to because of the bottle bill. I wish we lived in a world where everyone recycled on their own (without the $ incentive) so we could do without the whole bottle bill.
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