Valcour Bottle redemption center

04/01/2026

Hi everyone We will be at the store today 1/4 1230 to 4

02/01/2026

Our schedule is up. Empty your garage out this week. We even have some late night hrs. 1/3 630 to 830... see you all soon

01/01/2026

Happy New Year

28/12/2025

Hi everyone We had gotten alittle sick this past week and have been closed .. We will be back up and running starting monday.. and will be posting our schedule for January. Just a reminder we will be there alittle less in January and February do to slow season for us and we are doing the last of the construction for the ice cream so I wont be able to do both at the same time. Thank you for being patient with us..

18/12/2025

Hi everyone We are closed 12/18/25 till 1030 do to my sons xmass concert. We will be open today 12/18 1030 to 3 thank you for understanding family first ...

13/12/2025

So true thats why we have no help

It should not take nearly ONE MILLION containers just to pay one full-time minimum-wage worker. And to be clear — this is ONLY payroll. This does not include increases to rent, utilities, insurance, equipment, repairs or taxes.

In 2009, it took 424,914 containers to cover that position.
In 2026, it will take 977,143 containers — a 130% increase in workload.

Yet the handling fee paid to redemption centers has been frozen at 3.5¢ since 2009.

But here’s what makes this even worse:

While Albany froze redemption center pay and caused our costs to skyrocket, they also refused to modernize the Bottle Bill to include the new beverages New Yorkers now buy. That means the volume we desperately need to survive is shrinking, even as the workload required to cover payroll nearly doubles.

So we are being hit from all sides:
• Exploding labor costs
• Frozen pay
• Shrinking eligible container volume

This is not a business failure.
This is a policy failure — and an intentional one.

Redemption centers are being forced to do more work for less pay in a system Albany refuses to maintain, while they quietly profit from lost access when centers close and deposits go unredeemed.

This is why centers are shutting down across New York.
This is why communities are losing access.
This is why the math no longer works.

📣 This is an emergency.
Albany must act NOW — not next year, not next session.

👉 Pass S5820A / A6267 immediately
👉 Update the handling fee
👉 Modernize the system in 2026
👉 Stop forcing closures while profiting from them

New Yorkers deserve access to their own money.
Redemption centers deserve to be paid for the work they are required to do.

Enough is enough. It’s time to and

11/12/2025

HI everyone We are doing a sale to get rid of all our wood.

Firewood bundle - $3
Kingling bundle - $2

29/11/2025

December 2025

27/11/2025

We would like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Please take this day to spend time with your family and eat lots of food... Happy Thanksgiving from our small family to yours

23/11/2025

As we approach our 4th year we thank all our customers. We received an early shipment of our koozies.. Alot of our regulars save to 1000 to collect ever years new color this year is orange.. Thank you from our small family.

18/11/2025

Two people were arrested after they unloaded a 15-foot-long U-Haul truck filled with bags of bottles and cans that cannot be returned for deposits.

14/11/2025

We have been extremely busy this week thank you to our customers. We have a last minute change in our schedule 11/15 Saturday we will be closed do to last minute. My main job has me training Saturday. Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to see you next week.. We are open today 11/14 9-12. Thank you from our small family..