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Originally Posted by Rainger99

And New York has a bottle deposit law. It is $.05.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Bottle Bill - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

It appears that the people aren't returning their bottles. I guess if you made the deposit $5 a bottle or can ($60 for a 12 pack) people would probably return their bottles - or you would have people scouring the ditches, rivers, and lakes for empty bottles to return.

(Here it comes) Back in my day, (today is obviously not my day) I recall 5 cent deposit on bottles and adults saved the bottles and kids made money collecting bottles. Coke, Pepsi and others recycled/reused bottles whenever they could. Saved them serious money. Of course, back in my day, a Coke from machine was 5 cents. The bottle cost more than it's content.