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bigbadape t1_jb99dtn wrote

Reply to comment by geffe71 in Rhode Island needs a bottle bill. Join us at the state house to advocate for a cleaner Rhode Island this Thursday at 3pm. This is 10,000 tossed nips. #rimillion-pieces by trashgirl1986

Did it help, or did people just buy bigger bottles and litter them?

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Coincel_pro t1_jb9b5m5 wrote

Bigger bottles would honestly be a better solution. Less of them thrown out and less to pick up. It's still not ideal but cleaning up 1 larger bottle is easier than 5-10 nips.

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Dopey-NipNips t1_jb9mu4h wrote

Yeah but then I have to drink a half pint on the way home from work, don't you think that's a little excessive

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bigbadape t1_jb9b91m wrote

That’s what I’m wondering from the MA experience, did this happen or did people just drink more?

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Coincel_pro t1_jb9ps5k wrote

That's a good question, I don't know either, hopefully some MA folks can clarify.

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degggendorf t1_jb9du6d wrote

Sure, but also, drinking more while driving isn't a good thing.

Isn't the whole idea destroying the evidence? Take your shot, toss it, then you don't have any incriminating open containers in your car. Drinking a fifth, they either have to chug it and toss it, or be driving around with incriminating evidence.

Obviously, the right answer is "don't drink and drive", but I'm assuming that ship has kinda already sailed for many people.

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Coincel_pro t1_jb9pq2m wrote

Yeah, its going to happen one way or another. Limiting a very obvious and frequent pollutant is at least addressing one issue, littering but doesn't address the other, drunk driving but I'd rather at least cut down on the littering if its possible.

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