You Don't Get Paid for Bottles? Whaaat?

I am talking to a friend that I have known for many cycles.  We've been online buds since 1997 when I first got online and was using AOSmell going into the Astronet Chatrooms.

We are talking about recycling.  I was telling her about how much I get paid here in Bakersfield, CA for recycling cans as opposed to how much I get paid to recycle 2 liter bottles.  She lives in St. Louis, Missouri and she informs me that she gets money for recycling the cans but they don't allow them to profit off of 2 liter bottles yet they charge her .05¢ on top of the regular cost to buy a 2 liter bottle.

This is just another example of how "the man" is trying to screw you out of your hard earned money.

This is what I asked her:

Mike

ok just so I get my facts straight...

you can recycle 2 liter bottles but they don't allow you to make any money? yet they allow you to make money from recycling cans correct?

and they make you pay for the blue recycling cans and make you recycle?

Susan

right you don't get money from any plastics at all you can get money for cans it is like 30 cents a pound for cans but nothing for any plastics we have to have them recycled and picked up by the contracted trash company for the city. some cities don't even get a choice

Are you listening America?  They don't even give you a choice in some cities.  They charge you .05¢ for the bottles yet they don't give it back to you.  That's what the point of the California Redemption Value (CRV) is, that's why they charge us the .05¢, so you will recycle it, so you may get your change back.

I was at the grocery store yesterday where I bought a 12 pack of diet Dr. Chill (a new albertson's generic brand lol) and it was on sale for $2.67 which was the only reason I bought it in the first place then the total was over $3 and I was like what?  I thought it was $2.67 and she said CRV and she pointed on the screen that it shows .60¢ CRV charge.  That's .05¢ per can.  Yeah, you are damned right I'm recycling that shit.