Who has time to reclaim deposits?
City recycling coordinator Suzanne Jones states that the cost for the recycling beverage containers works out to be $12 per person per year (Gathering Places, Star-Bulletin, April 18). But not everyone has a garage to keep and store bottles that make it worth their time to recover the deposit. Recycling aluminum has an economic incentive per ton, but again, how many people have the time, space and inclination to save their aluminum cans? This would just be another financial burden on Hawaii residents, artificially increasing the cost of a consumer good while the majority will not have the time or the inclination to get their deposits back. It’s not surprising that all the government bureaucracies support this measure. They have to justify their existence, don’t they? Don’t let them do it at the expense of pulling more dollars from my pocket just to make a few activists feel good about themselves. Bruce Wong Beverage industry avoids responsibility The more I hear the beverage industry’s
