Ideally, a company would have enough employees to make it profitable for a school or other charitable organization. Many places also offer premiums on returns, say, 6 cents instead of 5.

Of course, each employee would have to store their own returns, otherwise, it would have to be a pretty big room at work! Employees could choose to join the “Bottle Drive Plan” and agree to donate all of their refunds to the plan. The plan would have a specific goal in mind, e.g., video equipment for a school or some other worthy cause. If your boss is really generous, maybe he would be interested in making a matching gift! The deposits quickly add up and you’d be recycling and caring for Mother Earth at the same time as a bonus!