Having seen the wacky antics of Kramer and Newman, let's see what it would cost to returns bottles and cans from New York in Michigan. You will be going to Detroit, Michigan. For our sake we will assume you are moving soda cans, each valued at a 10 cent deposit that is returned to you when the can is delivered.Use your best economic thinking and analysis to consider the choices consumers make when states decide to implement bottle and can deposit schemes. Is it really worth it, outside the TV show, to return bottles?As you think through this, here are a few things to consider:What is the distance from New York to Detroit? (bear in mind this will be a round trip)Consider Your Travel Options:Would a regular car work? Look at the specs on a Ford Taurus. See if it has enough trunk space and good enough gas mileage. How many bottles would you need to return to make a profit? Can you be profitable with a Ford Taurus? US News RankingMaybe you need to go bigger. Unlike Newman and Krammer you do not have a mail truck, but you can rent a moving truck from Uhaul. You would drive the truck there and then take the train back to New York. Use Uhaul and Amtrak to determine prices. Is there a truck size that will allow enough bottles to be profitable when considering all costs (you will also need to consider gas mileage for the Uhaul).Imagine your friend works at Uhaul and will provide you with any truck you need for free. Now can you bring enough bottles to be profitable? If you found that you could make a profit returning bottles to Michigan, what other costs would you have to consider prior to making the decision to go and return bottle

Kramer: What are you doing? Don't throw that away? Newman: Well, I'm not paying the five cents for that stupid recycling thing. Kramer: You don't pay five cents, you get five cents back. Here, read the label here: Vermont Connecticut Massachusetts, New York refund Woot, five cents yeah! Newman: Refund? Seinfeld: Well, what do you think the hobos are doing? Newman: I don't know, they're deranged. [Laughing] George: Listen, can you uh give me a lift back to my place? Seinfeld: No, I can't I got a pickup Elaine. I'm taking her to this Kennedy auction. George: Alright! I'll see you later. Newman: What is this? MI? Kramer: Michigan, Michigan, you get ten cents. Newman: 10 cents, yeah wait a minute. You mean you have five cents here and ten cents there. You could round up bottles here and then run them out to Michigan. Kramer: It doesn't work. Newman: What do you mean? It doesn't work? You got enough bottles together. Kramer: You overload your inventory and you blow your margins on gasoline. Trust me, it doesn't work. Seinfeld: Now, you're, not talking that Michigan deposit bottle, scam? Kramer: Nah, Nah I'm off that. Newman: You tried it? Kramer: Oh yeah every which way. Couldn't crunch the numbers, It drove me crazy. Seinfeld: You two keep an eye on each other. Newman: No Problem. Oh Mother's Day, wait a second Mother's Day. Yes. Come on Kramer, it's the truck, the truck. Kramer: But Newman, I told you, you gotta let this thing go. Newman: No, no! Listen to me most days, the post office sends one truckload of mail to the second domestic regional, sorting facility and Saginaw Michigan. Ah, but on the week before holidays, we see a surge. On Valentine's Day, we sent two trucks on Christmas four, packed to the brim. And tomorrow, if history is any guide we'll see some spillover into a fifth truck. Kramer: Mother's Day Newman: The mother of all mail days and guess who signed up for the truck? Kramer: A freak truck? oh boy, that completely changes our cost structure. Our G & A goes down 50%. Newman: We carry a couple of bags of mail and the rest of ours. Kramer: Newman, you magnificent bastard, you did it. Newman: Let the collecting begin. (Music and laughing] [Singing] 99,000 bottle of truck thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine bottles in cash and pizza tomorrow in sentence again we're pulling in five hundred dollars on the truck nine thousand nine hundred and ninety eight bottles and cans. We fill up with gas, we cut up our cash 9,000