How much does recycling centers pay for bottles?

Question

How much does recycling centers pay for bottles?

Answer 1

It depends on where you are.  Some jurisdictions will only give you back money on bottles which you had to pay a deposit on at the time of purchase.  So, for example, if you have to pay a deposit on beer bottles, but not on juice bottles, you will only get back your deposit from the beer bottles.  In some jurisdictions, you may only get back a portion of your deposit, with the non-refundable portion of the deposit going to the government.

How much you will get back depends on what the policy of your jurisdiction is, on the types of bottles you are returning, and, in some cases, on the sizes of the bottles.

For a more helpful answer, you will need to specify where you are.

Answer 2

Five cents comes to mind. It varies.

Answer 3

In the UK the cost of recycling prohibits buying them.

A deposit for returning them for re-use is not quite the same thing as crushing for re-cycling, depends which you mean and where you live.

Answer 4

depends on where you are at, in Iowa they use to pay 10cents for glass bottle but i haven't seen any of the in years..