Every-time you buy a large plastic bottle in the Netherlands you pay a small extra fee.
It’s exactly the same in NY. One small empty bottle is worth $0.05 sometimes $0.1. Usually we put once in a month whole bag of empty bottles in front of our house and there is always someone who picks it up and takes it to these recycle machines in return for 💵. I think it’s a great way for anyone to be able to make something extra.