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

Unless you’re a large mfg, it’s generally going to be less expensive to purchase new sterile glass containers.

The startup cost to reuse (take in dirty, wash and sterilize) is high. You need a lot of volume to get it down to where it’s more cost effective to recycle.