Caravan of cans/bottles - pulled around NYC by one man (not the truck) |
However, while the stores are quick to charge their
customers, they often try to get out of paying the deposits back. Especially
since many of the people that return these cans/bottles are homeless and/or
have mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Not to mention that walking
around the hot city and reaching into garbage cans all day doesn’t exactly leave you
with a nice odor - which tends to upset store shoppers.
I took this picture (above) a little while ago, around the corner
from my job. This gentleman (not pictured) had taken his caravan of shopping
carts, loaded with bags of cans and bottles, to Gristedes supermarket for
redemption. The Gristedes Manager, of course, wasn’t thrilled. I’m not sure
exactly what happened, but it seemed as if Can Guy was planning on keeping
his caravan parked out front until Gristedes gave him his money. This would
make it extremely difficult for the store to receive deliveries (notice the
traffic cones which were placed out front – that’s NOT for the Can Guy, that's for delivery trucks). And
the store can’t call the police, because by law they’re required to give Mr.
Cans his money.
Looks like Can Guy has a small fortune coming to him.
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4 comments:
Good for him.
Here in Cali they charge .10 for all bottles, cans and plastics. Most of the stores don't redeem this, you need to go to a station.
Problem is the stations are not being re-imbursed by the State and many have closed down. The ones that are left take cans but not all take bottles and plastics.
I am in a business center and the disposal company won't bring out a recyling barrel to the site, so mostly I pay the fees but the stuff still hits the dump.
Hmmm... if only he NEW a MAN who was a postal employee (the handsome man from the previous post?) who could take his USPS truck to Michigan where he could get twice as much back... just sayin'.
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