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Midnight Sun
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Location: Ellensurg, Washington Name: Eric Haugland
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 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:44 am Post subject: Oregon+Recycling |
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Alright, I am gonna be in Portland for Dyno day, and the little OR 5cents on all my pop cans always intrigued me.
Add to the fact I live in a dorm, and ALL the cans and plastic bottles for the hall are in a dumpster two feet from my door.
I am thinking of loading my rig up and turning them in when I get to Oregon. The question is... Where?
Do I just take it to a transfer station... Or what is the deal. Maybe some of you Oregoonies can enligthen the Warshingtonian. 
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Dewey316
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Most grocery stores have a place to turn them in. So long as the bar-code scans to something that should be depositable, you get you $0.05 |
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Midnight Sun
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Location: Ellensurg, Washington Name: Eric Haugland
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Dewey316 wrote: | | Most grocery stores have a place to turn them in. So long as the bar-code scans to something that should be depositable, you get you $0.05 |
Sweet
I will probably make 10 or 15 bucks.
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90RSrocks
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| A few companies have made state-specific barcodes for their products (so that you can't get 5 cents back on a washington can that you didn't pay deposit for). About 90 percent should work fine for you though. Every retailer in Oregon that sells products with a deposit is required to take them back as well (at least the ones they sell). Most big stores have machines outside to handle the returns. |
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Twilightoptics
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| 90RSrocks wrote: | | A few companies have made state-specific barcodes for their products (so that you can't get 5 cents back on a washington can that you didn't pay deposit for). About 90 percent should work fine for you though. Every retailer in Oregon that sells products with a deposit is required to take them back as well (at least the ones they sell). Most big stores have machines outside to handle the returns. |
Guy I worked with at my old store saved all the WA can and turned them in at jantzen beach with no problem. We got lots of ORE people coming up to buy the soda w/o deposit so they could turn it in for deposit too. |
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Demon
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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the majority of washingtion cans do work, though you're more likely to find them in western/southern washington vs. northern ....
but all of the safeway cans work.... hell even down here in texas the safeway/randalls cans will work in OR
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90RSrocks
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| Demon wrote: | | but all of the safeway cans work.... hell even down here in texas the safeway/randalls cans will work in OR |
Yeah, the big S doesn't label it's products by state, in fact I think it's mainly PepsiCo products, and a couple independent operators who do it. |
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Demon
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| 90RSrocks wrote: | | Demon wrote: | | but all of the safeway cans work.... hell even down here in texas the safeway/randalls cans will work in OR |
Yeah, the big S doesn't label it's products by state, in fact I think it's mainly PepsiCo products, and a couple independent operators who do it. |
i see pepsi cans down here all the time with OR 5cent on them 
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90RSrocks
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Yes, that's not really a requirement, but it's alot cheaper to make a standard can that is legal to sell in any state (they are required to show their value in states that have a deposit program).
If you buy a Pepsi can in a state where you pay no such deposit it will still have that on the top of the can, but the barcode on the side is different (denoting it as a non-refundable can). You could still take it to a recycler in CA probably, because they go by weight, not even scanning the barcodes.
I guess I should have said that Safeway doesn't barcode by state (they do barcode by division though, so a 12-pack of Safeway Cola up here would be UPC 21130-24661, and with a Vons name on the box it's now a 21132-24600, and other numbers for Randall's, Carr's, Pavillions, Tom Thumb, Genuardi's, Dominick's, etc). All of these cans should have the same imprinting on the top. |
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Demon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:47 am Post subject: |
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you know far too much about safeway, their barcodes, and all that.... 
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Dewey316
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| Demon wrote: | | you know far too much about safeway, their barcodes, and all that.... |
Its his job to know that crap. |
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Demon
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| Dewey316 wrote: | | Demon wrote: | | you know far too much about safeway, their barcodes, and all that.... |
Its his job to know that crap. |
i know it is...
but still.
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When ya hear cash register beeps in your sleep you know it's too late, the big S has gotten you!  |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| 90RSrocks wrote: | | When ya hear cash register beeps in your sleep you know it's too late, the big S has gotten you! |
You mean when you suddenly find lots of spare time on your hands for your hours have been cut? The big S has you.
Corporate bastards. |
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90RSrocks
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 You have to either make yourself indespensable, or be very good at kissing the bosses' hiney!  |
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Twilightoptics
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| 90RSrocks wrote: | | You have to either make yourself indespensable, or be very good at kissing the bosses' hiney! |
But Kelley, Kelly, however the hell you spell your name.......... I AM indespensible. This week alone I'm a checker, File Maintenance(Which I was the head of at my store for almost a year with great audits), Produce (Worked 2 years in), and Deli. THIS WEEK ALONE!
It was just the first week in my new store, guess they didn't read my required resume. Had 34-35 the last two weeks. I miss my 40/wk 4am-1230pm shift mon-fri though.... sigh |
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[quote="90RSrocks...or be very good at kissing the bosses' hiney! [/quote]
Oh ya, we like the hiney kiss 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | But Kelley, Kelly, however the hell you spell your name.......... I AM indespensible. This week alone I'm a checker, File Maintenance(Which I was the head of at my store for almost a year with great audits), Produce (Worked 2 years in), and Deli. THIS WEEK ALONE!
It was just the first week in my new store, guess they didn't read my required resume. Had 34-35 the last two weeks. I miss my 40/wk 4am-1230pm shift mon-fri though.... sigh |
It's Kelly, lol. I didn't realize you were such a variety player. I did just about everything at my old store (except Meat dept. and RICC). Good way to get hours and experience. At my new store I've only been Front End Mgr. and PIC. I am trying to get the Head Clerk spot now but it seems like half the store has applied (including people that have more experience than me like ex-head clerks and ex-asst. managers). Ugh. On the bright side, nobody from outside this store has applied for it. I think it's because anyone smart enough to be Head Clerk knows to avoid this store. |
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