Why aren’t bottlers (soda/beer/wine) reusing glass/plastic bottles like milk bottlers were in the ’50s.

Question

Is it a major loss in profit or do current bottles make it impossible?

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Answer 1

Glass bottles are absolutely washed and reused, plastic bottles are recycled in other ways. Plenty of counties have deposit systems where you pay like 10 cents extra per bottle / can. Then you get your deposit back when you hand it in for recycling.