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Message 1894264 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 13:51:37 UTC

It's working in CA. My kids collected bottles and there are even professional recyclers. Some cities have mixed collection bins, Mine had 4 bins. Trash, green waste, mixed recycle and CRV. Several non-profits have collection centers people will donate bottles. It has helped reduce litter.
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Message 1894291 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 15:02:54 UTC - in response to Message 1894264.  

It's working in CA. My kids collected bottles and there are even professional recyclers. Some cities have mixed collection bins, Mine had 4 bins. Trash, green waste, mixed recycle and CRV. Several non-profits have collection centers people will donate bottles. It has helped reduce litter.

California has a problem, it is getting back about 105% of the bottles, cans that the deposit is charged on. People are trucking them in from other states and redeeming them in CA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Redemption_Value
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Message 1894321 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 16:25:42 UTC
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Message 1894338 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:05:27 UTC - in response to Message 1894246.  

I liked the old 8 pack cartons of 16 ounce bottles we used to get. They were phased out in the mid 1980's, but we would take the empties back to the grocery and redeem them for a few nickels and dimes. There was an area near the back of the grocery where they all sat, waiting to go back to the bottler to be washed and refilled. I always have liked the flavor of the soft drink better in glass bottles, too.
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Message 1894341 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:10:09 UTC

We have co-mingled recycling here. Everything recyclable just goes in the blue bin and it is sorted later.
No muss, no fuss.
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Message 1894342 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:13:39 UTC - in response to Message 1894341.  

We have co-mingled recycling here. Everything recyclable just goes in the blue bin and it is sorted later.
No muss, no fuss.

Ditto, here, but our crate is orange.
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Message 1894350 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:30:07 UTC - in response to Message 1894338.  

I liked the old 8 pack cartons of 16 ounce bottles we used to get. They were phased out in the mid 1980's, but we would take the empties back to the grocery and redeem them for a few nickels and dimes. There was an area near the back of the grocery where they all sat, waiting to go back to the bottler to be washed and refilled. I always have liked the flavor of the soft drink better in glass bottles, too.

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Used to like R White's Cream Soda for years. Relocating, couldn't find it on sale here for a long time. When they eventually started selling it here, it was in plastic bottles, the taste was not to my liking :-(
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Message 1894355 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:54:44 UTC

We had a startup that died in the 80's, The Pop Shoppe. You would buy a case of generic soda in glass bottles and paid a deposit once. From then on you just returned the empties and took a new case. You could mix and match as much as you wanted.
Wow it looks like they are trying to make a come back.


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Message 1894357 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 17:57:13 UTC - in response to Message 1894355.  

Cream Soda is red?
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Message 1894363 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 18:31:02 UTC - in response to Message 1894357.  

Cream Soda is red?

It's the "juice" from the mouse that makes it read....
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Message 1894370 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 19:20:33 UTC - in response to Message 1894350.  

I liked the old 8 pack cartons of 16 ounce bottles we used to get. They were phased out in the mid 1980's, but we would take the empties back to the grocery and redeem them for a few nickels and dimes. There was an area near the back of the grocery where they all sat, waiting to go back to the bottler to be washed and refilled. I always have liked the flavor of the soft drink better in glass bottles, too.

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Used to like R White's Cream Soda for years. Relocating, couldn't find it on sale here for a long time. When they eventually started selling it here, it was in plastic bottles, the taste was not to my liking :-(

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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Message 1894372 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 19:38:07 UTC - in response to Message 1894370.  

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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If some company returned to using glass bottles, I would certainly pay a premium to have the original taste back. That premium would also benefit the enviroment - less plastic.
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Message 1894400 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 21:20:19 UTC - in response to Message 1894372.  

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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If some company returned to using glass bottles, I would certainly pay a premium to have the original taste back. That premium would also benefit the enviroment - less plastic.


Out here in California and most of the south west, we have that choice. We can buy soda in glass, plastic, or aluminum. We even have Coke imported from Mexico. in glass bottles that is true to the original recipe.
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Message 1894403 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 21:26:56 UTC - in response to Message 1894400.  

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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If some company returned to using glass bottles, I would certainly pay a premium to have the original taste back. That premium would also benefit the enviroment - less plastic.


Out here in California and most of the south west, we have that choice. We can buy soda in glass, plastic, or aluminum. We even have Coke imported from Mexico. in glass bottles that is true to the original recipe.

We get all those choices here, too; even Mexican Sprite, but the bottles are little. I just wish they still distributed soft drinks in the 16 ounce glass returnables.
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Message 1894404 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 21:27:53 UTC - in response to Message 1894403.  

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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If some company returned to using glass bottles, I would certainly pay a premium to have the original taste back. That premium would also benefit the enviroment - less plastic.


Out here in California and most of the south west, we have that choice. We can buy soda in glass, plastic, or aluminum. We even have Coke imported from Mexico. in glass bottles that is true to the original recipe.

We get all those choices here, too; even Mexican Sprite, but the bottles are little. I just wish they still distributed soft drinks in the 16 ounce glass returnables.

+1 on small.
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Message 1894449 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 1:17:17 UTC - in response to Message 1894400.  

Plastic seems to ruin sodas, so the makers made changes, of course no matter what is done, some sodas still taste bad in plastic, diet especially, yuck.
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If some company returned to using glass bottles, I would certainly pay a premium to have the original taste back. That premium would also benefit the enviroment - less plastic.

Out here in California and most of the south west, we have that choice. We can buy soda in glass, plastic, or aluminum. We even have Coke imported from Mexico. in glass bottles that is true to the original recipe.

Glass bottles is the best!
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Message 1894633 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 15:51:40 UTC

The aliens made me do it.................

" Inphachack admitted setting the house on fire and causing the damage. He said the previous owners were trying to kill him, but did not know the home bought by someone else.

Inphachack said he has an alien virus from outer space, they altered his DNA including changing his height and that is why he spray painted the word on the home. He also said the aliens were making him upset. The criminal complaint says he says tried to burn the porch, but the aliens used black magic to undo it. "

Police: Man claims aliens made him vandalize Sheboygan home.
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Message 1894641 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 16:37:09 UTC

No permanent cases of Harpies were reported
during the production of this motion picture.
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Message 1894657 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 17:20:43 UTC

And no Monsters under the bed were disturbed...
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Message 1894722 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 21:23:30 UTC - in response to Message 1894704.  

https://www.sciencealert.com/google-s-internet-beaming-balloons-will-soon-be-floating-over-puerto-rico?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1
If all goes according to plan, the helium balloons will provide emergency LTE cellular reception to local governments and residents, allowing them to contact family and friends.


They still need a telecom partner to make it work.
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