In my state, when you purchase certain canned/bottled beverages you pay an extra $0.10 deposit, which anyone can redeem by turning in the can/bottle. The practice of collecting these cans/bottles and returning them for the deposit is colloquially known as canning, and a lot of homeless people do it.
Some people want to repeal the Bottle Bill. These people are very loud and vocal online but in reality they’re almost nobody. They want to repeal the Bottle Bill because it’s how a lot of homeless drug addicts get their cheese. Some dealers even accept cans as payment.
And these people are just, so fucking disgustingly paternalistic. And their saccharine fake concern gives me ketoacidosis.
They say that recycling wasn’t intended to be a way to make a living. They say that there’s better things to do than rooting through recycle bins to make money and pretend like they’re so concerned about the well-being of canners.
That makes me so angry it becomes impossible for me to keep my cool. They think that it’s their right to stick their noses in my business like this. And when I call them on it they proudly admit it. They believe it is their business because they pay fucking taxes. I turn into an incoherent loon. I demand to know what they do for a living and how they spend their paycheck so I can decide how I feel about whether they should be allowed to work their job, and then I usually rage quit.
I grew up in a state with a bottle bill. People nearly always held onto and returned their bottles and cans and this kept the streets fairly clean. I live in a state without a bottle bill now and everywhere has so much more litter it’s appalling. If anything, there should be a national bottle bill, they should increase the deposit to $0.50 or higher, and water bottles, should be included (or really just banned outright).
It’s literally how we got less litter. Ohio is a shithole for idiots and would never vote for one. Bring it up and every last person here would be whining on how it’s an affront to freedom.
Unironically we need to start snapping at these smiling fucks. They keep always getting their way, always have and always will. At the very least we should cuss them out and see if we can at least once or twice wipe their constant smug, shit-eating grins off their faces.
We should have deposits for disposable vapes. Those things are everywhere and have lithium batteries
I grew up in Ohio, and left 25 years ago, and have never been back. Awful place, easily the worst weather of anywhere I’ve ever been, and most of the people suck. Ohioans have a particularly judgemental attitude that they don’t deserve. They’re from Ohio, they shouldn’t be judging anyone.
Anybody intelligent LEAVES Ohio, so anyone left is a dickhead, or can’t leave for whatever reason, and those people are miserable.
In my defense, I’m definitely in the latter camp. Job market is a fuck.
I’m sorry you’ve been cursed to live in Ohio.
And I’m sorry you had to learn about bozos trying to ruin your state.
They say that recycling wasn’t intended to be a way to make a living.
Seems like a way better job than many that exist (in terms of broad social value, obviously the labor is undercompensated and should be better-compensated), and also what do they make of people working at recycling plants? People collecting waste? I guess I don’t want to know.
Yeah lol. These fuckers saying it isn’t supposed to be a way to make a living or whatever are the same fucking busybody pieces of shit who support forcing remote workers back into the office.
I’ve always thought it was weird how these people will call America the freest country on Earth, and then proceed to dictate how everyone around them ought to live their lives.
I usually bag my cans separate and leave them outside the bins. I’ve been called out by busybody neighbors for “encouraging canning” but I just wanna make that shit easier (and save space in my recycling bin).
It’s kinda like trans sports bans - there’s just a segment of people here who really hate the homeless and will take any angle to do it.
Reminds me of those “don’t feed the fauna” signs you see- like they think desperate people will just wander off into nature if you make sure there are no scraps for them. Dipshits.
