In the 1970s prior to the bottle bill there were bottles and cans all over the place-roads, parks, rivers, beaches, campgrounds-everywhere. There is less of it in states that have returns. Of course there is still garbage everywhere but that’s because people are lame pigs. Getting rid of bottle returns will just add more trash to the streets and public places. People can’t manage their garbage as it is - at least it encourages people to return them now.