I was thinking picking up littered beer cans at Stoney Pond State Forest what would be an effective deposit today to reduce litter and maximize recycling. With inflation, I think a quarter per can makes a lot of sense, it would provide a real incentive to make sure cans are brought back to the store for recycling or refilling.

A quarter a can would raise the 12 pack of beer by $3 and a 30 rack by $7.50. I concede that’s a pretty big price hike but the flip side is it’s fully redeemable when you bring your cans back. I’d argue it’s quite worth it and would help to keep our forests and farms clean, and provide a relatively clean source of scrap aluminum for factories.