I pick up bottles and cans when I have time. I redeem the ones that are redeemable. It doesn't amount to much but it is nice to get something back for my efforts. In neighboring states New york, Massachusetts and Main, A person can get a redemption for recycling soda bottles and cans. But not in New Hampshire.
Sometimes when I pick up a bottle or can expecting to be able to redeem it, I find something like this. It is a little discouraging. It's not about the money, What is five cents anyways? I couldn't figure out why some Pepsi bottles had no label for redemption. Then I realized, these cans must have been soled in New Hampshire because they can't be sold with no label for redemption in Vermont. These products are bought in New Hampshire and tossed on our soil.
So why doesn't New Hampshire have
Container Deposit Legislation? There have been several attempts to pass a bottle bill in New Hampshire but none have been successful. The latest attempt at a bottle bill in New Hampshire was in 2010.
In an article on the
Bottle Bill resource Guide We find out why it has failed.
John Dumais, president and CEO of the New Hampshire Grocer's
Association, said his group has been fighting bottling legislation for
more than 25 years.
They have pushed the idea that there is a better way to recycle. But their way of recycling doesn't address litter, which not only clutters New Hampshire but ends up on the road side of neighboring states.
Can you guess which one of these cans is not from New Hampshire?
