KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabid Knitter

Comment by Anneliese

October 28, 2007 @ 2:09 pm

Hi Carry, I was drown proofed, in fact I could swim at 8 months, before I could walk. Being in the water is so natural and relaxing for me.

Comment by Sherry W

October 29, 2007 @ 10:15 am

When I lived in NY, the deposit fee really did reduce littering. Also many charities and student groups collected bottles as a way to make cash. In NY they have deposit centers where you can return and get your fee back for any bottle. I never heard of a receipt being required.

I think it’s fair for the retailer to get a percent of any unclaimed cash. Groceries and such with high returns need to store bottles and have staff to handle to the return process.

I know it’s not the popular thought, but I don’t think recycling is a big value environmentally (minus metals). All those extra garbage trucks spewing emissions, big plants using energy and chemicals to break down the materials. I’d rather REDUCE and REUSE.

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I do think the retailers should be compensated but on the number of bottles returned and not on the number not returned. The way it is being done, they get more money by handling less.
Kind of backwards in my opinion.

Carry.

Comment by renee

October 29, 2007 @ 2:43 pm

A scam is a scam is a scam, no matter who’s selling it. If she just threw it in the trash herself, what are they charging you for?

I’m sure they’re not paying their janitors any more money to pick them up.

Comment by Sherry W

October 30, 2007 @ 1:58 pm

But what is the alternative, assuming they want a bottle deposit? Show a state ID every time you buy a beverage?

I think the woman at the counter was a real snark, BTW. No excuse for that kind of behavior one way or another.

Next time, go for fountain drinks.:)

Comment by kimber

October 30, 2007 @ 7:15 pm

Another great podcast. I was not drown proofed as a child, in fact I still manage to have some near drowing experiences as often as possible.

How are the bunnies?

Comment by Anneliese

November 1, 2007 @ 5:30 pm

Hi Carry, it’s me again. My first comment was before I had actually listened to the episode. I had to tell you immediately about my own drown-proofing, because I too, had never met anyone who had been! I have heard that it fell out of favor because some infants swallow so much water they dilute their blood and fall ill.

In California there are centers that you can take your bottles to and receive the deposit money. Anyone can bring the bottles in, with no receipt necessary. Now there are literally hundreds of people with carts that trek all over Los Angeles digging through the garbage to recover bottles and cans, as for most people the time to take the bottles to the center isn’t worth the money they get back. Employment has been created for people who won’t or can’t get jobs for whatever reason. And though there might be quite a bit of litter here in LA, none of it contains recyclables!

And let me just also state how pleased I am that you have not podfaded. It gives me a little thrill every time I hear you announce the episode number!

Comment by Kathy

November 9, 2007 @ 12:10 pm

incidentally, someone sent me video shown babies who had been drown-proofed a day or 2 before i listened to this episode.

& i think staring at the place of your birth is a right of passage for those of us military brats. i was born at seymore johnson afb, there in NC. my grandparents & kin live around that area (kinston, seven springs), but i can’t say i’ve ever actually been to the base.

Comment by Katrina

April 25, 2008 @ 10:40 am

Detroit is definitely not a place to get excited about! I lived there for several years and my younger daughter was born there. I don’t miss it.

One of these I might visit my birth place. My father was in the Navy, so we didn’t stay in one place for very long.