Are people who redeem cans and bottles at recycling center looked upon as bums or low-lifes?
I myself don’t have that much money and I save all my cans and bottles and then take them to a recycling center for redemption. However, no one else that I know personally does that at all. Am I a bum just because I do this?
No. It falls into the area of “opportunistic scavaging” that is quite respectable. Like hunting for treasure with a metal detector or collecting wild mushrooms.
Michigan has a 10 cent deposit, and EVERYONE recycles their bottles and cans.
From the curb to the Recycling Center
