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

There’s a local-ish dairy here that does reuse them. You pay a deposit on the bottle and return it to the store to get that money back. It works out OK, but even without taking the bottle deposit into consideration their milk costs 2x as much as the next most expensive brand on the shelf.