This weekend, I helped David Grant (NC2SD) with a fundraiser, going door-to-door collecting empty soda and beer cans / bottles. For those who are not familiar, as was part of a Seinfeld episode, Michigan has a $0.10 deposit on all pop and beer containers to encourage recycling (side note - there is also consideration of adding water / gatorade and other containers to the list but really, people should be recycling on their own to help the environment, not just for financial incentive). As such, we were collecting the cans to then redeem for the deposit and send the money in to Bike and Build. I did not have much (any) success to start. David had passed out fliers earlier in the week to give people the heads up, but it took about 20 houses before I got my first donation. I did have one lady who did not quite understand the point of the can drive and offered me a couple of empty tuna cans from her recycling bin - not exactly what I was looking for. At that point, David had already filled 2 bags and was complaining about having to carry such a heavy bag - I did not have this problem as my bag was nearly empty! Basically, it felt like I was trick-or-treating for cans.
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