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Deposit systems, one container at a time
🥤 BOTTLE & CAN REDEMPTION
A deposit system works because the container carries money home with it. Learn what a redemption center is, which containers qualify, how they are sorted, and what happens to the material afterwards.
Your current redemption-center lesson
Redemption center profile
Rolling Hills Redemption Center
Steuben County, NY
CURRENTLY ACCEPTED
Bottles
- PET bottles
- Glass bottles
Cans
- Aluminum cans
Other materials
- PET
- Glass
- Aluminum
- Deposit values
- PET bottle: $0.05 · Glass bottle: $0.05 · Aluminum can: $0.05
- Quantity limits
- Not listed
- Hours
- Not listed
5-cent returnable bottles and cans only, exactly as labeled: the container itself must carry the NY 5-cent deposit marking. Bring them cleaned (empty and rinsed) and sorted: bottles separate from cans, aluminum cans separate from any steel, and glass separated by colour. Containers without the deposit label are not accepted as deposit returns.
Rules last confirmed 2026-10-07. Acceptance changes — always treat this as the current state, not a permanent list.
What this means in practice
Rolling Hills Redemption Center
As the rules stand today (currently accepting), containers that qualify here are:
- PET bottles
- Glass bottles
- Aluminum cans
- PET
- Glass
- Aluminum
Anything not on that list — even if it is the same plastic as something that is — is not eligible here right now. Acceptance changes, so check before you load the car.
5-cent returnable bottles and cans only, exactly as labeled: the container itself must carry the NY 5-cent deposit marking. Bring them cleaned (empty and rinsed) and sorted: bottles separate from cans, aluminum cans separate from any steel, and glass separated by colour. Containers without the deposit label are not accepted as deposit returns.
🥤 REDEMPTION RUN
Rolling Hills Redemption Center · 🟢 CURRENTLY ACCEPTING
Two decisions per container: is it in the redemption stream as the rules stand today, and which stream does it belong to? Speed counts, but accuracy counts more.
Bottles accepted now
PET bottles, Glass bottles
Cans accepted now
Aluminum cans
Other materials
PET, Glass, Aluminum
The curriculum · 13 lessons
A redemption center is the place deposit containers go back to. Instead of being sorted loose at the curb, each container is counted, its deposit is refunded to whoever brings it in, and the containers are baled by material and shipped to a reprocessor. The deposit is what pulls the container back: the money is already attached to it, so the container has a reason to come home.
- Containers are counted and the deposit refunded
- Material is separated before it leaves the building
- The deposit is a return incentive, not a recycling fee
