Why is the California redemption value so whacked?

[iwearnosox]

Post Costco aftermath:

12 plastic bottles of water: $3.99
CRV $1.20

24 delicous, cold, smooth glass bottled baby beers: $17.99
CRV $ .96

Confusion overwhelms me.

 

[her209]

Different redemption values for different types of recyclables? What's so confusing about that?

 

[iwearnosox]

It just doesn't seem right. Besides, plastic sounds easier to recycle.

I'm sure I'm way off on that.

 

[jadinolf]

I never saw a CRV higher than a nickel.

Somethings wrong.

 

[dighn]

n/m

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

You pay a return fee for bottled water? Hahahaha, suckers

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
You pay a return fee for bottled water? Hahahaha, suckers

We pay to breath and fart. Hopefully in that order.

California sucks.

 

[TommyVercetti]

What? so on top of sales tax, you also have to pay this BS recycling tax?

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
What? so on top of sales tax, you also have to pay this BS recycling tax?

Yup.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
I never saw a CRV higher than a nickel.

Somethings wrong.

Not really. They're just serious about it. A higher redemption value just encourages more participation.

People keep throwing things away, and they're not considering that away keeps getting bigger and closer to here. We're running out of away. :Q

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: jadinolf
I never saw a CRV higher than a nickel.

Somethings wrong.

Not really. They're just serious about it. A higher redemption value just encourages more participation.

People keep throwing things away, and they're not considering that away keeps getting bigger and closer to here. We're running out of away. :Q

I have a recycle bin but I don't see any of the proceeds from it. Out of spite I throw the things in the dumpster sometimes.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: Sifl
I have a recycle bin but I don't see any of the proceeds from it. Out of spite I throw the things in the dumpster sometimes.

Containers with CRV (California Redemption Value) don't belong in your recycling bin. The state pays you money to return them for reuse. OTOH, you are doing yourself some good when you use your recycling bin, even if you don't see it in cash. First, you're not adding to the problem of diminishing available landfill area. That, alone, will save money.

Then, some portion of the recylcables are, in fact, reusabable. Aluminum and steel can be melted, processed and reused as good as new. Notice that the recyclable plastics all have a molded number inside the triangular recycling symbol. That identifies the kind of plastic it is so it can be separated and used as the chemistry and physics of that plastic allow. For example, I believe they make bus stop benches out of shredded plastic milk containers.

Throwing recyclable items in the trash "out of spite" doesn't do you, or anyone else, any favor.

 

[iwearnosox]

Yeah but it feels vengeful at the time so I do it anyway.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: Sifl
Yeah but it feels vengeful at the time so I do it anyway.

At the risk of spilling over into P&N, haven't the various fundamentalist morons of the planet given you a clue that revenge is a terminally stupid motive?

 

[Michael]

My locality (in California) gives me a rebate for the recyclables that go into the trash (an average, they don't hand count them) and you toss everything into one container. This was shown to cause much better compliance and actually increase recycling.

Michael

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: Sifl
Yeah but it feels vengeful at the time so I do it anyway.

At the risk of spilling over into P&N, haven't the various fundamentalist morons of the planet given you a clue that revenge is a terminally stupid motive?

I'm immune to such things.