[Fido969]

Pray tell what are out-of-state containers and containers that had already been redeemed within California?

The state only gives back deposits when those deposits were collected by the state in the first place. Deposits for out of state containers were never paid to California, and so aren't there to be paid back by California.

[Right Brother]

So, the entire deposit/refund system is predicated on revenue and not on environmental stewardship? Huh.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Thank you. I wasn’t thinking of it that way.