Guys, this has the same logic as the numerous MNVOs in the telco market.
It’s for the elderly people to play.
In the MNVOs case, some people do play musical chair, by comparing the nitty details, cuz for about 20 years of their life the telco prices were skyrocket high (think about it as PTSD, they got scar), then suddenly since 10 years ago, telco prices become so cheap. (To me, the multiple telco plans are all the same and similarly priced. I honestly won’t care about the few dollar differences.)
Previously, they created the MNVOs for the elderly to play.
Then now, this BCRS thing. Although, it has also made small children and their family start to have the habit of accumulating plastic bottles and aluminum cans to redeem 10 cents per item.
First and foremost, it’s only 10 cents per item. Even if put in 10 items, it’s just $1.
Secondly, the logic is like putting money inside money bag and passing around, isn’t it?
Anyway, this BCRS thing is here to stay. Other than they have invested a lot of money into creating the machines, half of their objective is exactly to create discussion topic. The more we criticize the topic, the more they have met half of their objective (the other half objective is to really send the items for recycling).