My parents collect cans for a living

Post by jonny_eh » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

function_seven wrote: post #318

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Here in california the fee per bottle and can goes to state as taxes. You can get it back by turning in bottles and cans at a recycling center but the California state had made it impossible to return these cans for money. They have systematically shut down automated recycling redemption machines, caused long lines at in person centers and so on.

> They have systematically shut down automated recycling redemption machines I remember these machines outside of every grocery store, and now I don't see them anywhere anymore. It never occurred to me it was a purposeful effort, but then again I never gave it much thought. What caused the machines to disappear?

Post by 999900000999 » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 6:34 PM UTC

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hearing $1300 and $600 in terms of rental money and living in NYC I cant help but ask what neighborhoods is that rent available? Back in the late 90's friends who were moving out at 17-18 Yo were having a hard time finding local places for $500 in the boonies of Queens. I own some property and have a large 2nd floor 3BR that can fetch $2500 and its in a shitty neighborhood where someone was shot around the corner the…

Parent comment says LA, so perhaps its possible there?

Post by QuarterReptile » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 6:46 PM UTC

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In my experience, that's common, but so is people jumping your fence to raid your cans before you've put them out. And, should you ever try to recoup the 'deposit' by going to the recycling center, you'll spend 1+ hour in line being hounded by homeless people to give them your cans. All of it creates way more incentive to just throw your cans in the trash so you don't have to deal with any of that.

Bay Area here. My experience at recycling centers has always been quick and painless. Took over 60 lbs of cans and a bunch of scrap copper the other week. No line, no hounding.

Post by rmk » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 6:53 PM UTC

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rmk wrote: post #26

I am curious: if you collect cans for a living, do you qualify for government assistance? Is it possible that Jessica Yauri receives aid earmarked for children so they can get proper nutrition, via her parents? She does not mention if she qualifies for lunch assistance. Also, I am assuming that she goes to a public school where she doesn't have to pay to attend. It is also not clear if she receives further aid in sup…

A number of fair questions, I can only answer from personal experience. My dad being a bus driver+conference phone tech and my mom an office admin we qualified for lunch and other aids as long as I was in school. Many things were subsidized, but there were also things that weren't. It was hard to know when unless you always asked. For smaller items sometimes it wasn't worth the embarrassment of always walking up to y…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 7:09 PM UTC

kstenerud wrote: post #27

My family used to do this all the time when we were kids. We'd go along the ditches on the side of the road and make a family outing of it on weekends. At the beach my brother and I would drag big plastic garbage bags around and collect as much as we could from people who were happy to help some kids out and also happy to be rid of the bottles and cans. You could make some decent coin at it, but that was also in the…