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Article: Next step for Bottle Bill.(Editorials)(Redemption centers deserve closer look)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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Byline: The Register-Guard
It's Saturday morning, time to clear the carport of all those returnables. You arrive at the supermarket to find that a dozen other people had the same idea. Half the machines that count and crush the cans and bottles aren't working. Most of the rest are being used by pros with shopping carts piled high. You stand in a puddle of equal parts water, soda pop and beer. Finally it's your turn, and you feed the bottles into the slot - until the electronic display says the bin is full. When the store clerk in charge of the machines returns from his break, he wrestles a tub full of deadly-looking shards of glass from the bowels of the machine. ...