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by notatoad 2114 days ago
how did this turn into a discussion on the merits of vending machines? you can recycle things without vending machines.
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Because that's how bottle return works in developed countries, which is a proxy for it being trivial to detect if a returned bottle is good.

Whereas the suggestions in this thread that I've been replying to are going to involve some combination of a massive ramp-up in customs inspections, as well as local recycling facilities where returned Li-ion batteries would need to be manually inspected. It just doesn't seem worth it.