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I wonder if PET bottles could be reusable if not crushed. If they are still usable then they would just wash them in the factory and fill them again. Of course
by dmortin 8y ago
I wonder if PET bottles could be reusable if not crushed. If they are still usable then they would just wash them in the factory and fill them again.
Of course, they could get scratched or something during use, but people could be taught it's better if you buy a scratched bottle than putting plastic bottles in landfills.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIt can be done. Two years ago I've seen it done with Coca-Cola bottles in Germany. They'd have those thick bottles with visible scratches coming from cleaning and reuse. About the same time as I first discovered this practice, they abandoned it for some reason; on my next trip, I found only regular, single-use bottles. To this day I wonder about the reasons behind this change.
- spacenick88 8y agoGerman here, it depends on the chain of super market and some other factors but multi-use Coca Cola bottles are definitely still a thing.
- obmelvin 8y ago> It's relatively hard to sanitize PET because tiny defects hold contaminants really well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#PET.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#PET.... Also I would guess that the defects add up over time and you'd need a way to test each bottle's integrity before shipping it out again. From your sibling comment. Just reposting since you might not other see it and it seems to address your question. Well, assuming these bottles are made from the same sort of plastic.
- sp332 8y agoIt's relatively hard to sanitize PET because tiny defects hold contaminants really well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#PET_bottle_recycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#PET... Also I would guess that the defects add up over time and you'd need a way to test each bottle's integrity before shipping it out again.