In CA there used to be recycling stations everywhere where they would redeem the 5 cents per can the state charges on your beer and soda.
The state would reimburse them the 5 cents and they’d sell the aluminum and glass at market rate. Since everyone was bring the commodity to them, it was profitable business.
There are none left. All out of business.
There will be an initiative to stop the 5 cents per can/bottle recycling fee. And since only about 1/2 was being recycled under these favorable conditions, the state used to derive 10s of millions in revenue from it every year.
“There are none left. All out of business.”
None? Last count was about 1600.
Up here, beer cans and bottles and also wine and liquor bottles are taken to Beer Store locations across Ontario and you get money back. The Beer Store (formerly Brewers Retail) likes to boast about being green before it was cool.