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Starting this coming Saturday, bottled water drinks will be subject to a nickel deposit—and the NY State government will be able to collect millions from the unclaimed deposits. Governor Paterson said, "The expansion of this legislation not only provides our State with much-needed revenue, but will also help us to keep our neighborhoods and parks clean."
The law was supposed to go into effect in June, but some bottlers had argued that it was going into effect too soon, especially since NY State requires bottles sold here to have a special UPC. Which means some distribution and logistical issues; Environmental Leader points out, "For instance, a distributor can’t simply restock New York shelves with product from a New Jersey warehouse unless it bears the unique code."
The Post-Standard explains, "For consumers, the change is simple enough. Beginning at 12 a.m. Saturday, they will pay a nickel deposit on bottles of water, just as they do for soda and beer. They will get the deposits back when they return the bottles to the store or to a redemption center. Deposits will not be required on water that has sugar added, or on containers of 1 gallon or more."
Distributors will have to give NY State 80% of all unclaimed deposits.
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if you dumb enough to buy water like that filtered in India crap put out by Coca Cola as Dasani, you should have to pay three dollars. Go take a trip upstate to rt 28 and look where our water comes from.
You're right, our water is just as good as any of the designer stuff and it's free (sort of).
Why thinks that filtered water sitting in a bottle for months on end is any better than what comes out of a tap? Unless I'm living in Calcutta (or whatever they call it these days), I have no need for bottled water.
Well, to be fair, if you ever saw the inside of one of those rooftop water tanks, you'd buy yourself a filter, too. Yes, they draw water from the top of the tank and the sediment is on the bottom, but you can have a fairly thick layer of sludge on the bottom of the tank. Good building owners have the tanks cleaned periodically, but so many others just cheap out and never do it. Brita pitchers don't do much filtering. Pur filters clog way too fast. Clear2O is okay, but can be tough to find.
Can I get a nickel back for every bottle that I have now or buy before October 31?
Why is New York City the most difficult place to return bottles? Every other place I have lived going back to the 1980s had convenient machines in which to return bottles and cans. Every market in Manhattan that I have shopped in requires returning the bottles with the cashier - sometimes requiring a manager to ok the "transaction". It's no wonder people throw their deposit containers into the trash or recycling bins. Who can be bothered other than the homeless?
For now with bottled water, there's no automated way to return them. Supermarkets are only equipped with bottle, glass, and can returners only. How do we get the deposit back?
you take it where ever you bought it.
and good luck with that.
The machines that take 2-liter soda bottles just need to be updated with the new UPCs. It should really only take the people who own the bottle machine minutes to update.
Or the homeless thing.
i can finally recycle my poland spring bottles; which i drink 3-4 per day.
Just leave your empty bottles out overnight. The homeless will take care of them.
My bet is that the homeless will be making more then most working class people in Manhattan in two weeks.
Is there any way to find out how many 5 cent deposits go unclaimed?
All that money goes to the state so its another way for Albany to take our money.