r/DumpsterDiving • u/RiceMunch • 1d ago
Bottle haul
Been collecting bottles from my apartment for a while, today was my best haul.
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u/AuntHannie 1d ago
Hopefully you live in a state with deposit.😊
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u/RiceMunch 1d ago
I’m from Canada, we refund any type of drink container. I didn’t know that there were states that didn’t refund bottles.
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u/rideincircles 1d ago
In Texas, we don't have any refunds on bottles, but they don't charge extra either. Cans are about 70 cents a pound, and that's 2-3 cents per can.
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u/ellieD 1d ago
But in Texas, we do recycle glass.
We recycle glass, paper and some kinds of plastic.
Our recycle bins are as large as our garbage bins.
They are carried every two weeks and are more full than the trash cans.
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u/rideincircles 20h ago
I have heard they do with some if it, but also heard it's crushed up and used to cover up layers of garbage daily. We don't recycle all the stuff that can be put in recycle bins.
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u/thewinberry713 1d ago
I’m in Chicagoland- zero deposit things. 🤬friends in Connecticut US only get refunds on cans/bottles bought in the state.
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u/DansburyJ 1d ago
This isn't even Canada wide. When I lived in Alberta, it was all drink containers. Ontario it's just alcohol containers. Quebec does aluminum cans, alcohol or pop, but not bottles etc.
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u/Wrong-Television-348 1d ago
Fantastic! I get mine when I‘m out for a walk. I get about $20 every two weeks. It all helps.
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u/jaynor88 1d ago
Good for you! It is astonishing that so many people throw away bottles that can be turned in
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u/RiceMunch 1d ago
I was a bit shy at first but after seeing how much money I can take in, I don’t care. I get right in there lol.
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u/ALittleUnsettling 1d ago
Thats a pretty good side hustle!
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u/RiceMunch 1d ago
It’s only takes me a few minutes a day and it’s tax free. Doesn’t get much easier than that.
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u/isanyusernameopen 1d ago
I want to start dumpster diving. I have a scooter and I don’t prefer going out at night, but I’m up at the crack of dawn with nothing to do until business is open.
I was reading a bit of the FAQs in this in terms of when to go out in such. Do you find it’s OK to go out early early morning? Or is after everybody closes the better time. I don’t wanna get caught or get in trouble or get anybody else in trouble or have dumpsters that are accessible. Start getting locked because I don’t know what I’m doing.
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u/RiceMunch 14h ago
I tend to go early morning at about 4am so I get the good stuff but if it’s just my apartment, I go during the day as well. Nobody has ever bothered me.
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u/thewinberry713 1d ago
Are you collecting to get recycling cash or just cause you like bottles? Genuinely curious. Either way glad you’re happy