On 2008-02-08 17:33:06 +0000, chris French
said:

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Tim Southerwood" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher coughed up some electrons that declared:

a) Customer returns bottle on next visit (they almost do this now, with
many
glass recycling facilities being located in supermarket car parks)

Yebbut in your case, to reclaim the deposit, more staff or time would be
needed. I'm not saying it's a bad scheme, just that I doubt it would work as
well as you and I would like.

In supermarkets in Copenhagen they had machines that took bottles and
gave you the deposit back.

Nowadays they have machines that give you a bicycle in order that you
can ride around the city. The idea was that you could leave it at
another machine and get your money back. The City Bike Program.

They even managed to persuade misguided sponsors like Coca Cola to
sponsor them with logos on the side.

Like many other similar tourist attractions like the mermaid in
Copenhagen Harbour and the Maneken Pis in Brussels, this is a big
disappointment.

A lot of the bicycles end up in one of the lakes or the harbour because
the ROI is not worth it.