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Man with 10,000 nonrefundable bottles heads to trial
http://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2016/07/21/brian-everidge-prelim/87353026/ ^

Posted on 07/26/2016 9:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Assistant Prosecutor Michael Taylor asked the court to send the case to trial, noting that Everidge admitted he went to Kentucky and picked up and brought back cans he knew could not be returned for money in Michigan.

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According to Michigan’s Beverage Containers Act, a person cannot return or attempt to return to a dealer a beverage container the person knows was not purchased in Michigan as a filled returnable container. Anyone attempting to return 10,000 or more nonreturnable containers can be found guilty of a felony that is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a fine not to exceed $5,000.

Of all the states with bottle bills, Michigan has the highest refund value, according to statistics from the Container Recycling Institute.

California has a 10 cent refund on bottles that are 24 ounces or larger while anything smaller is 5 cents. Maine's and Vermont’s bottle bills provide 15 cents on liquor bottles and 5 cents on all beverages except dairy products and unprocessed cider, the CRI noted.

(Excerpt) Read more at livingstondaily.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: governmentgonewild; michigan; outofcontrolgovrnmnt; recycling; recyclingtax; taxes
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1 posted on 07/26/2016 9:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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But Hillary can’t be indicted.


2 posted on 07/26/2016 9:10:00 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Kinda is the same as moving low tax cigarettes into NY and dumping them for a nice profit.


3 posted on 07/26/2016 9:10:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: BenLurkin

Seems abusive to try this scam. No surprise to see charges.


4 posted on 07/26/2016 9:10:22 PM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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Kramer?


5 posted on 07/26/2016 9:10:24 PM PDT by lacrew
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I didn’t know bottle deposits were still around. They have deposits on plastic bottles?


6 posted on 07/26/2016 9:11:29 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: BenLurkin

Didn’t Cramer try this???


7 posted on 07/26/2016 9:13:04 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, Bottle Man should certainly be sent to prison for his horrific bottle crimes. Too bad he didn’t spend his time setting up an illegal server in his basement instead. He would have gotten a complete pass on that.


8 posted on 07/26/2016 9:13:49 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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it's been done
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9 posted on 07/26/2016 9:14:21 PM PDT by wille777
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To: Reno89519

If saving the environment is the goal then this is no scam.

If charging consumers a tax on every bottle sold is the goal, then it is the government which is perpetrating a scam.


10 posted on 07/26/2016 9:14:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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and Newman!


11 posted on 07/26/2016 9:16:08 PM PDT by xp38
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If the true reason for Recycling is to save Energy and Natural Resources, why is this poor Soul being persecuted?

Is his name Neuman!


12 posted on 07/26/2016 9:16:21 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (There is nothing Democratic about the Democrat Party. (Or the GOPe))
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But the numbers never work out!


13 posted on 07/26/2016 9:17:45 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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But collecting non-deposited bottles and returning them to a state that refunds against deposited bottles is fraud. I don’t think anyone worries about a few here or there, but to intentionally try to profit across state lines is abusive and upends the recycling efforts of the state collecting and refunding deposits.


14 posted on 07/26/2016 9:18:38 PM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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Back in the ‘60’s, in Detroit, where I grew up, there was a two cent deposit on glass bottles and a five cent deposit on large bottles. We used to scour the alleys and ask around at the body shops for bottles to return them and buy bags of candy. If you scored a five cent bottle, it would make your day.


15 posted on 07/26/2016 9:19:09 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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Yup.

Wyy didnt he just do this 5-7000 bottles a time? Several times? I mean it would,not be that difficult to split them up into smaller dropoffs.


16 posted on 07/26/2016 9:20:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Reno89519

Yes, by all means upend the government’s ‘recycling” scam.

That is a good thing.


17 posted on 07/26/2016 9:21:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Just re-read the article. The charge will likely fail as the law says attempting to return for deposit refunds and they charged him well before he attempted to turn them in. Seems the law sounds rather specific. Too bad attorney costs and all will get their pound of flesh out of him and serve as an example, but the non-lawyer me doesn’t see how he gets convicted or jailed. Expensive less that there are no get rich quick schemes.


18 posted on 07/26/2016 9:23:33 PM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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The problem is that the people pay the sellers a deposit for every can or bottle, you essentially steal from the people and the state by bringing out of state cans and bottles.


19 posted on 07/26/2016 9:23:57 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: 2banana

“Didn’t Cramer try this???”

And Newman.


20 posted on 07/26/2016 9:25:30 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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