deposit return

Container redemption payment

A deposit return is money refunded when you bring back a container you paid extra for at purchase.

Many states and countries add a small deposit to bottles and cans—five or ten cents—that you recover by returning empties to a store or recycling center: I saved up my deposit returns for beer money.

The system incentivizes recycling rather than littering.

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Refundable fee on bottles

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Payment for service

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Discarding waste improperly

disposal · throwing away · discarding · non-return · waste

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