Back in the early 60s, I remember "recycling" the soda pop bottles I found BEHIND THE
PIGGLY WIGGLY store until THEY realized I was bringing the bottles I FOUND BEHIND THE STORE back to the front counter.
(It took about two weeks...and I had "cashed" in enough bottles to end up suffering from a semi-severe "Milky Way Poisoning" on a pre-adolescent scale!)
They THEN decided to keep the bottles INSIDE the back of the store.
It was fun WHILE it lasted...