[Broken_Hippo]

They're ubiquitous in the US

Not really. I think only 10 states have plastic bottle deposits, and I have really no clue if those are convenient for folks. I'm not from one of those states: You could take aluminum cans to get money, but it isn't convenient.

(In my current location, I can just take plastic and aluminum bottles to a grocery store to get the deposit back by feeding them into a machine. And most folks do this)

[jstarfish]

I haven't seen the "un-vending" machines outside of NY.

We have to take everything to the recycling center, wait in a long-ass line and they pay by weight, not item.

It's not worth my time to bring single bags nor worth the space to hoard them at home so I just trade them to the neighborhood homeless guy for expired dog food and other sundries.

[Broken_Hippo]

I think that places where I live (Norway) have to take back the bottles that they sell in their store - even gas stations - but the only place I see the machines is at the grocery stores. (Grocery stores are generally smaller but more convenient than they were in the US).

And it is by item - less money for small bottles (single serve soda, for example) and more money for larger bottles (1L of soda or juice). Aluminum is similar.

[atdrummond]

Vermont has them as well (or at least did when I lived in Burlington a few years back).

[weberer]

I've seen them outside supermarkets in Boston.

[antihero]

You’re complaining about people benefiting from your literal trash?