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Aren’t curbside recycling or drop-off redemption centers better than deposit / return?

April 26, 2017Centers curbside deposit drop-off recycling redemption Return

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Aren’t curbside recycling or drop-off redemption centers better than deposit / return?

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A. In states without bottle bills, curbside recycling, drop-off, and buyback programs together recover 191 beverage containers per person per year. When these systems are combined with a refundable deposit system, annual beverage container recovery jumps to 490 containers per person. The ideal system is a deposit system for beverage containers, complemented by curbside and drop-off systems for other products, including food containers, newspapers, cardboard, mixed paper, and yard waste.