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From: barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Broken Glass on Roads
Message-ID: <577@hercules.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 11:18:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: hercules.577
Posted: Fri Sep 27 11:18:46 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 08:21:04 EDT
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Reply-To: barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
Lines: 13
Summary: 

This doesn't exactly belong in net.bicycle, but it is vaguely relevant.
As you probably know, Oregon has 5 cent deposit on all soft drink and beer
containers.  I have never seen any lines of people returning bottles &c.
It is still cheaper to by soft drinks in "deposit bottles" (ie. refillable).

There is still a fair amount of "nickels" tossed by the side of the road,
mostly beer cans.  My wife and I can usually collect about five dollars worth
in a few hours (a good excuse for a slower paced ride on the mountain bikes).
In the summer, when (presumably) the consumption is higher, the nice weather
gets more people out; hence more people picking up.  The most glass is to
found on the roads in the wet months.

barrys