Ah, the wondrous Oregon Bottle Bill. What a fine piece of social engineering that dinosaur is. Designed to help prevent littering and to promote recycling, it may have been somewhat reasonable back when it was adopted in the '70s. A nickel at the time was a fairly substantial bounty and curbside recycling didn't exist. Now, a nickel or even a dime isn't likely to make a significant difference to teenagers out partying with a six-pack. The last time I returned my empties, the broken down machines had several stoppages that required maintenance while I was there in line for over an hour. My rebate for my efforts was $6.00. Since then, I just put the empties in the recycling can and forget the money. Of course, tens of thousands of people are doing the same thing, which resulted in the 80% return quota not being met and triggered the increase to ten cents. So now I have to decide if $12.00 is worth an hour of my time. Probably not. I'd like to sentence those assholes in the State Legislature to a weekend of working at the bottle return site.