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Post by Bonobo on Oct 10, 2015 20:55:28 GMT 1
A few days ago I saw a can recycling machine in one of Krakow shopping centres. First time in Poland. I used one in New York chain store (Key Foods??) 25 years ago. I liked it very much, clever invention. And have always been waiting for it to appear in Poland and wondering when it would happen. At last.  Any other examples??? |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 10, 2015 21:43:07 GMT 1
A few days ago I saw a can recycling machine in one of Krakow shopping centres. First time in Poland. I used one in New York chain store (Key Foods??) 25 years ago. I liked it very much, clever invention. And have always been waiting for it to appear in Poland and wondering when it would happen. At last. In Poland do you have deposits on your cans and bottles? Here in the US, in many states, when you purchase something that comes in a plastic or glass bottle, or that comes in a can, you pay an extra $.05 or $.10; then, when you recycle the item in the machine you get a receipt for the total "deposits" you paid on the bottles or cans. You can then use the receipt to get money off of your grocery order. Laws vary from state to state. I live in Massachusetts, and we have $.05 deposits on soda cans and bottles. The state of Maine has $.10 on all bottles and cans (maybe just soda cans?...I'm not sure). Our neighboring state of New Hampshire has no deposits at all. So you can see it's not consistent across the country. I'd like to see it the law in every state. There's too much trash thrown around. At lease the deposits available on the bottles and cans motivate people to take them back to the store and recycle them! |
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Post by pjotr on Oct 10, 2015 22:53:59 GMT 1
Jeanne, In the Netherlands we have the same. If you have had a large party with a lot of beer, cola, Fanta, Sprite or mineral water in glas or plastic bottles, you can return it to a supermarket or liquer store and put it in a machine which collects it and than you get a ticket for it. Small bottles (like beer bottles) have Euro 0.10 or 0.25 for for instance large coca cola bottles.    After large birthday parties or celebrations with friends, I could sometimes buy my breakfest or lunch with the deposits on your cans and bottles. Cheers, Pieter |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 11, 2015 12:36:23 GMT 1
It is interesting what you are both saying about receipts/tickets./ It means they changed the system because 25 years ago in NY I got cash from the machine. Great invention for the homeless guys. I once saw a store manager kick a homeless man out of the store for bringing too many cans and bottles. He practically occupied the machine. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 11, 2015 17:44:29 GMT 1
Pieter and Bonobo,
There is a man in our area who spends his days riding his bicycle to surrounding towns in search of redeemable bottles and cans. His territory is quite far-reaching. I often see him at great distances from his home base.
He is seen frequently in the supermarkets using the recycling machines, and because he rides everywhere on his bicycle, he must cash in his collection frequently; because of this, he hardly ever monopolizes the machines or creates a waiting line!Since many supermarkets in our area provide free coffee to customers, he always utilizes his recycling visit to take a cup of coffee... He is one of those characters whom everyone who lives in the area recognizes...when my kids were little they would say, "There's the bottle man!"
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 11, 2015 22:49:39 GMT 1
Pieter and Bonobo, There is a man in our area who spends his days riding his bicycle to surrounding towns in search of redeemable bottles and cans. His territory is quite far-reaching. I often see him at great distances from his home base. He is seen frequently in the supermarkets using the recycling machines, and because he rides everywhere on his bicycle, he must cash in his collection frequently; because of this, he hardly ever monopolizes the machines or creates a waiting line!Since many supermarkets in our area provide free coffee to customers, he always utilizes his recycling visit to take a cup of coffee... He is one of those characters whom everyone who lives in the area recognizes...when my kids were little they would say, "There's the bottle man!" Wonderful. He isn`t a nuisance to local residents, just a collector. Once I put out an old but still working freezer onto the street for somebody to collect it. A homeless guy came and tore off those copper pipes with freon (or another gas, whatever) at the back to sell them in a recycling shop. I was really pissed off. How can people be so insensitive?  Can you imagine that in my childhood I was a collector too? I had too low pocket money..... |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 10, 2015 22:50:16 GMT 1
Wow, another proof. Today I have come across a thing which I ate 25 years ago in US. It was sugar cane, never saw it here. Cost - 10$ per kilo. Amazing, I am still in shock. |
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Post by Eric on Nov 25, 2015 12:30:37 GMT 1
In Germany, as I've heard, recycling is not only mandatory, but each person is assigned a number of bins into which all trash must be properly sorted for collection. Some American states, such as Massachusetts, where I used to live, have mandatory recycling, but, unlike in Germany, the only bins are for non-recyclable trash and all recyclable trash together. Now I live in Florida, and recycling is optional. In fact, in the apartment complex where I live, there are no facilities for recycling at all. I would have to save anything to be recycled and bring it myself to a recycling center. I don't have a car and there's no such center within walking distance, so I don't recycle here for the simple reason that I don't want to have to carry trash halfway across the city on foot just for the sake of recycling.
I'm not happy that ALL my trash gets thrown out and sent to the dump, even trash that could very easily be recycled, but, unfortunately, I have no other choice.
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 4, 2015 23:49:33 GMT 1
1 In Germany, as I've heard, recycling is not only mandatory, but each person is assigned a number of bins into which all trash must be properly sorted for collection. 2 Now I live in Florida, and recycling is optional. In fact, in the apartment complex where I live, there are no facilities for recycling at all. 3 I don't have a car 1 I would like to see it in Poland but I am afraid I won`t live so long. Germans can be forced to do things as they are used to obey their leaders, no matter what they order. Poles are still too independent thinkers and they seem to always know better what is good for them. 2 That is very interesting. Probably, with so much land available in US, it is not a problem to create another landfill when the old one is full. 3 Good. That is a green way. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 19, 2019 13:52:31 GMT 1
Woooow! At last - a recycling cash machine- first in Poland - in Krakow, of course. It is called bottlemat. Each bottle put inside will give you 10 grosz - 4 cents. Not bad - that is nearly as much as I got in 1990-91 in NYC. Now long ago? What is the distance between Poland and the USA? 29 years. Shyt. I must work even harder than now to catch up!  krakow.onet.pl/krakow-powstal-automat-wydajacy-gotowke-za-plastikowe-butelki/l4mzmrb |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 22, 2019 10:57:06 GMT 1
The first paying recycling machine is sieged by the homeless who are given 10 grosz/4 cents for each plastic bottle.  innpoland.pl/152923,bezdomni-wyjeli-z-butelkomatu-wszystkie-pieniadze-wrzucili-masa-butelek |
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