Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site hercules.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!hercules!barrys 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 References: <1475@vax3.fluke.UUCP> <1323@houxm.UUCP> 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 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com