We noticed it as soon as we crossed over the border out of South Australia. Way more roadside litter and a fair bit of it was cans and bottles. No 10c deposit in the Eastern states. I have been surprised when people in SA discard bottles - at the lakefront or in the Centre where I previously worked. But if they didn't want them plenty of others would pick them up. After all 10 cents is 10 cents and 10 of those make a dollar. Nothing wrong with my Maths! After all I was brought up in the Depression. OK, OK I wasn't but my parents battled in that era and passed on those values to me. I'm also happy to get 4c a litre off my petrol even if I am using a voucher picked up in the Coles car park. (Yes, yes, Hannah, it's embarrassing to be with Grandma when she does that but you'll cope.)
It's bonanza time in summer when tourists leave me piles of 10 centses (is that the plural?) and the money we get from the recycle centre goes to support the work of Christian Pastoral Support Workers in schools.
Sooo, today we stopped at a tourist lookout in Cowra and there were bottles - quite a lot of bottles. I picked up a couple to at least put them in the bin and there were a dozen more in there. The fine print says the 10c refund is for when the bottle is sold in SA. Who knows whether some SA tourists had put them there. Big moral dilemma. Twelve multiplied by 10 is.....(you do the Maths) and it would be for a good cause.
What would you do?
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