There is no return on the nippers, it's a straight tax. They just suck a couple cents each one- like with the state park passes where they added a fee to anyone who registers a car in Connecticut. But you can go to the state parks, which are already public land...

As for the bottles, I'm not entirely too sure about wine, but if you have a six-pack/case of clean cans or bottles generally a store will take them. I normally fill a garbage bag and then hit a bottle return at a grocery store - I could be mistaken but if it's not taking certain cans or bottles at that store they might not sell them, I have had similar issues where one store takes them fine and another one doesn't with cans, they all seem to take glass bottles though 🤷🏿‍♂️