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Refunds for Recycling

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In response to the letter from Jill Renton on raising the redemption value of bottles and cans (April 3):

If the refunds were raised to 5 cents, rather than fearing more scavengers, an easy solution would be for residents to recycle bottles, cans, etc., and donate good reusable items to charity.

Also, why not have a garage sale? Then trash would become just trash with nothing left to scavenge.

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Scavenging has always been a means of salvaging usable material from trash.

In today’s society with a shortage of landfills, a growing homeless population, and many people at the poverty level, scavenging provides a means of making money--albeit a small amount.

Either let the scavengers help themselves and the environment, or solve the noise problem by doing something positive.

EVELYN FERGUSON

Los Angeles

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