travelnutz wrote:
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.
Oregon was the first in the nation in 1971. Michigan followed in 1976.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/state-beverage-container-laws.aspx