example in the south of market area, there's not a redemption center in the half mile zone radius for costco ro trader joes and they are exempt. for the small grocers in corner stores in this area, they had to turn away individuals who are coming in with bags for crv redemption. they do not have the storage space to store large volumes of bottles and cans. there is a cleanliness and health issue with large bags being brought into the store. and the only area where they can facilitate the redemption is at the cash register, and this interferes and causes a great amount of disruption to servicing paying customers. these stores did receive notices of noncompliance from the state. and these businesses cannot afford to pay the $100 a year in lieu of doing this in-store at redemption. they did get -- they finally were able to work with the state to get an exemption, but it did take them six months and a lot of time to do that. my message here referring to our small businesses is that before we take any significant steps, if we're to take any significant steps to reduce our recycling centers that are