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There's a local business that has a few places in the area that does nothing but accept can and bottle returns. any brand as long as it's from NY.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) May 27 '16, 10:30

Since there's a 5 cent deposit on each one (I am now $3.75 richer from cleaning out my recycling. and car.) It's slightly better than going to the bottle machines at the supermarket because they take it all back, which can sometimes be an issue with store brands, like Wal-Mart or CVS water, for example.

The place had a couple people returning bottles and there were literally thousands of them in the place. What is their business model? Do they get paid by NY for returning hundreds of pounds of plastic/aluminum/glass?

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they get a % of the deposit if memory serves -- nm - Beaker May 27, 10:37
Los Angeles has tons of those spots. I am not sure what their funding method is but it is great. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 27, 10:34
Michigan is the place to go! -- (link) - Beaker May 27, 10:33 [youtube]

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There's a local business that has a few places in the area that does nothing but accept can and bottle returns. any brand as long as it's from NY.

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