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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    1 month ago

    It moves the burden into the receiver

    Instead of having to type out a message, you can just blab

    Now the receiver has the burden on having to actively listen to the message, maybe finding a situation where it’s possible and take the time to listen to it in the speed of the sender instead of being able to read it quickly





  • I’m assuming the credit is going to a government program or non profit organization.

    Not really. It’s complicated.

    Basically all of the money is being shuffled between importers/manufacturers, stores and consumers.

    Germany has about 95-98% return rate for the bottles (mainly because it’s somewhat lucrative to collect them). So very little money is left over.

    There’s a company called DPG that is responsible to make sure that no part of the system is profiting of it unfairly

    Germany wikipedia (annoyingly only available in german) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfand_auf_Einweggetränkebehälter_in_Deutschland

    All in all, it’s a net benefit. I remember the time before this system, and you had drink cans littered around everywhere. Ever since the system is in place, I can count the amount of littered cans (e.g. cans that are too crushed to be returned) on maybe one hand