returnables
Bottles worth nickels
Returnables are bottles, cans, or containers that can be brought back to a store for a refund of the deposit paid at purchase.
The term appears mostly in states and countries with bottle deposit laws: We keep the returnables in a bag by the back door.
By extension, any merchandise that a store will accept for return: All returnables must have original receipts.
Money returned after purchase
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
- bottleContainer for liquids
can · aluminum · glass · plastic · container · payout · exchange · cash
Container for liquids
Adjacent to the street
- collectionGathered set of items
- sortingArranging into sequence
- processingSystematic operation on data
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
waste reduction · single-stream · contamination · bale · material · scrap · reclaim · closed-loop
Binding principle or regulation
- policyAdopted principle of action
- stateCondition or mode
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
regulation · compliance · incentive · enforcement · jurisdiction · amendment · lobbyist · recycling rate
refund
Money returned after purchase
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
bottle · can · aluminum · glass · plastic · container · payout · exchange · cash · value
bottle
Container for liquids
beverage · beer · soda · water · juice · wine · PET · HDPE · aluminum · glass
curbside
Adjacent to the street
- collectionGathered set of items
- sortingArranging into sequence
- processingSystematic operation on data
recovery · waste reduction · single-stream · contamination · bale · material · scrap · reclaim · closed-loop · pellet
law
Binding principle or regulation
mandate · regulation · compliance · incentive · enforcement · jurisdiction · amendment · lobbyist · recycling rate · target
- returnablesempties, bottles, cans, beverage containers, soda cans