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| ▲ | technothrasher 8 months ago | parent | next [-] |
| It seems more like the customers are paying the homeless, and the supermarkets are just acting as brokers. |
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| ▲ | permo-w 8 months ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| it's the same for bottle deposits in parts of Europe. anything in a plastic bottle costs an extra ~10c which you can retrieve by depositing the empty in a machine at the supermarket |
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| ▲ | permo-w 8 months ago | parent | prev [-] |
| in the UK, trolley deposits are much more expensive, at £1. people are more likely to retrieve a £1 than a quarter, but the atomic payout is ~5x higher, so I wonder which scenario yields better pay for the homeless |
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| ▲ | mikepurvis 8 months ago | parent | next [-] | | I mean ultimately the goal is to find a balance where carts won’t be everywhere and customers aren’t inconvenienced to the point of choosing a different store. | | |
| ▲ | permo-w 8 months ago | parent [-] | | I mean either way carts aren't gonna be everywhere, and I don't think pounds have ever been a problem for shoppers in the UK |
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