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Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles. (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 day ago by Mee@reddthat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In short:

Damian Gordon has bought a house using savings earned from recycling bottles and cans.

Each eligible bottle or can recycled at a Return and Earn depository results in a 10-cent refund.

What's next?

Mr Gordon says he will continue to return cans and bottles to help pay off his mortgage

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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The guy paid for a down payment on a house with a hobby. That's cool. I'm jealous.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He paid for a down payment with seven years of manual labor earning less than a living wage.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've got a truck bed and more worth of cans out back. Maybe worked 4 hours over two years? Almost all of the effort was crushing them by hand since I kept breaking the shitty crushers and been too lazy to make one. And that's not counting the cans I pick out of the woods, usually toss them with the other garbage I get.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe worked 4 hours over two years?

And you've got 450k cans in the back of your pickup?

Sure, dude.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think you misunderstand them.

I've got a truck bed and more worth of cans out back.

More than just the truckload, not more than OP.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 18 hours ago

How about you time yourself gathering and crushing a truckload of cans and then come back to the conversation prepared to address the main point

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can absolutely make $4ph on your hobby, I believe in you.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I pay for my hobbies. A lot of money.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm ~~jealous~~ envious.