" deposit" isn't an incentive, it's rather a punitive " additional" cost to consumers, especially if the government taxes the deposit fee, and doesn't return the tax with the deposit fee, when the consumer returns the article for recycling. In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, most recycled items go to landfill as there are no/ few operational recycling plants.
" deposit" isn't an incentive, it's rather a punitive " additional" cost to consumers, especially if the government taxes the deposit fee, and doesn't return the tax with the deposit fee, when the consumer returns the article for recycling. In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, most recycled items go to landfill as there are no/ few operational recycling plants.
It's added to the tax system so people pay for it also in their tax.