Why do glass bottles have to be “recycled”?

Question

Why can’t companies just sanitize and refill them?

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Answer 1

As with all these big-brand questions, the answer is always the same: Because money. The technology obviously isn’t the issue, the companies simply need monetary incentives to do so.

I bet adding a 1$ tax on every non-reusable bottle would solve the problem more or less over night.