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Wrong cause for the effect, the abandoned ones are those that have
been stolen from work sites whilst full and then dumped when empty,
the thieves don't have a policy for refilling.

Not necessarily. Calor policy is you only get your deposit back if you
can produce the original receipt. Hence it makes sense not to let Calor
have their bottles back at all if you can't.

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Roger