I've always pondered if my local bottle depot were providing a proper count.
This is my findings for 2 bottle depots I've dealt with for building this thread. Please post your experience from your local bottle depot so others don't get ripped off.
Counted my inventory to date.
The price structure according to Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation's web site http://www.abcrc.com/cfm/index.cfm would pay 1 litre and under $0.10 each and 1 litre and over $0.25 each.
My inventory count for this experiment:
13 @ $0.25 = $3.25
80 @ $0.10 = $8.00
TOTAL revenue = $11.25
Correction:Then I divided evenly among 2 garbage bags labeled "A" and "B", there was an extra over 1 litre bottle (of 13), so I just randomly place it one of the bags with my eyes closed.
First stop, Trail Bottle Depot @ 8499 Horton Road SW. good location, friendly staff. They used some sort of weird number system, you're not waiting for your number to be called upon, however, you take a number and find an avaliable but professionally well divided marked spot and wait with your pool of bottles until a service representative is avaliable to assist you; by order of number tags.
They do have awesome posters and attractions hanging all over the walls, something to wander your eyes away from all the bottles. As well as a fully stacked magazine rack for your recycling enjoyment.
Result: $5.75
Next stop, Fish Creek Bottle Depot Ltd. @ 15216 Shaw Road SE. One of my favorite spots, been there since the day it opened and built.
Not much of a looker, but gets the job done. Plain and simple, lots of parking surrounding the building. Close by Subway, McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, what perfect way to spend that hard earned bottle dollar.
Result: $5.50
Which brings my day's income to $11.25, exactly as calculated.
I have complete faith with these 2 bottle depots and will definitely recommend any urban treasure hunters to take their business to them.