• skyspydude1@lemmy.worldM
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    9 months ago

    Fortunately, my state of Michigan has a seperate program for bottles and cans, and I make damn sure those never go to landfill. Something like 97% of those are recycled here. The only other “recyclable” waste we really had would have been plastics, so like you said there was really no reason. I had a seperate bin for non-returnable glass/steel/aluminum that I’d bring over to a community recycling center every once in a while, so it’s not like I was throwing everything out. I still tried my best, but it just really made no sense to pay that much per month for a bin that we’d manage to fill maybe twice a year.

    I put in far, far more effort than most to minimize my waste, but there’s always a point where it’s just not worth it unfortunately.

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      9 months ago

      You mean you save bottles and cans for that sweet, sweet 10 cent deposit?

      And good on you for doing what you can.

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        9 months ago

        Absolutely. If I drink something returnable, I’m holding onto it for dear life. I’ll be damned if I’m giving them to my company

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        9 months ago

        Iowa and Illinois also do that. I live in rural Wisconsin but I know people who will collect their bottles and cans until they have gigantic bins full and drive them to a neighboring state to redeem them (usually as part of trip to a larger city for shopping)