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

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

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In Oregon they recently brought back the returnable/reusable bottle but it’s limited to uses where the logistics make it economical. For example, limited regional distribution to certain high volume accounts like chains. When the program started the bottles were trucked to Wyoming for washing but I think the plant is running in the Portland area now.

As a homebrewer I still use returnable 25 oz 7Up bottles from the ’60s. Those bottles will outlive me.

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