Kids don't get their own money back, they get OPM (Other Peoples Money) that is just there for the picking up. Don't know how long Oregon had a deposit on pop and beer etc bottles but I used to get 2 per bottle cents per bottle (plastic and aluminum cans were not around then) and that was at least 70 years ago as I'm approaching 77. 2 cents was enough back then that it was decent money and you had to search for thrown away bottles. A coke was 10 cent a glass bottle about anywhere around here plus 2 cents bottle deposit. Would have bad to be over 70 years ago for Oregon or they were NOT the first.