Editing Litter (section)

===Container deposit legislation===
[[Container-deposit legislation|Container deposit legislation]] can be aimed at both reducing littering and also encouraging picking up through local recycling programs that offer incentives, particularly for [[aluminium recycling|aluminium cans]], [[glass recycling|glass bottles]] and [[plastic recycling|plastic bottles]]. In [[New York (state)|New York]], an expanded bottle bill that included plastic water bottles increased recycling rates and generated 120 million dollars in revenue to the state General Fund from unclaimed deposits in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York's 'Bottle Bill' Brings in $120M |url=http://www.bottlebill.org/news/articles/2010/NY-11-3-NYsBBBringsIn.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111223344/http://www.bottlebill.org/news/articles/2010/NY-11-3-NYsBBBringsIn.htm |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

In some countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, [[container-deposit legislation]] has been introduced on cans and plastic bottles. Parts of Belgium are also considering adopting such legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140819_01222742|title=Wallonië wil statiegeld op blik invoeren|work=De Standaard|date=19 August 2014 |access-date=2014-08-25|archive-date=2014-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826133734/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140819_01222742|url-status=live}}</ref> People can thus collect [[Container deposit legislation|refund value money]] from this type of waste. The result of this is that in [[Germany]], hardly any cans or plastic bottles can still be found along the road. In the Netherlands, the amount of litter has dropped considerably since the new law was implemented, and 95% of the plastic bottles are now recycled. According to Chris Snick, the revenue that can be obtained from waste picking can be financially profitable in countries where container deposit legislation has been introduced: in 1 hour he managed to pick up 108 cans and 31 plastic bottles, earning him 13.90 euro (€0.10 per can/plastic bottle).<ref>Het Nieuwsblad, 23 august 2014; "13.90 euro voor wat gedeulte blikjes, geen slecht uurloon"</ref> By comparison, in countries where only the value of the aluminum for example would be refunded, 139 cans would yield only 1.72 euro (0.0124 euro per can; assuming there is 15 grams of aluminum in a can, and with scrap aluminum valued at 0.8267 euro/kg<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recraigslist.com/2013/10/how-to-make-money-selling-scrap-metal/|title=How To Make Money Selling Scrap Metal|access-date=2014-08-25|archive-date=2014-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404204959/http://recraigslist.com/2013/10/how-to-make-money-selling-scrap-metal/|url-status=live}}</ref>).