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Originally Posted by wobbelbill
Growing up in 50s and 60s -long before the "bottle bill" it certainly was possible-and if you lived near a grocery store and package store you could return almost every type bottle and pocket the (what seemed at the time) the wealth!
In last decade seems that many of bottle return companies have closed making it tougher for Massdachusettsians to turn in recyclables; I have heard the company "take" was a penny a unit to handle, and it was too little
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I had one next door to my shop in Woburn but when their lease expired it closed as the owner remodeled the building and jacked up the rent.
But honestly I'm glad it's gone because it was patronized mostly by drunks. They would be there early in the morning turning in their empties then head over to the package store and wait for it to open at 10am.
The air is a little fresher too now that the smell of stale beer from the empties is gone.
