Bottled
I’m not one to reference positively the works of Ayn Rand…
… Indeed, I’m one to knock Ayn Rand…
but, there is something a little bit “Atlas Shrugged” about this:
State Tells Stores to Toss Old Water Bottles to Comply With Bottle Bill
The Legislature’s first expansion of Oregon’s storied 1971 bottle bill requires that all plastic water bottles be marked for a nickel deposit beginning Jan. 1. But many stores continue to sell unmarked bottles, state regulators said Wednesday.  That means shoppers could pay their nickel deposit — checkout scanners don’t distinguish between marked and unmarked bottles — then have their refund refused. […]
The law does not require retailers to redeem them. However, manufacturers must properly label bottles and stores must clear their shelves of unmarked bottles. The OLCC, which enforces the bottle bill, could levy misdemeanor charges or suspend liquor licenses for violations.
Granted, the idea of bottle water is largely laughable, but it seems like a waste of perfectly good water. Then again, maybe it’s no different than Farm Policy of paying to not grow such and such a crop or to destroy such and such a crop.