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i.e. "Bottle deposits. You've invented bottle deposits." A quick Google shows that the US is one of the few developed countries where this is not widespread an

i.e. "Bottle deposits. You've invented bottle deposits." A quick Google shows that the US is one of the few developed countries where this is not widespread and has been lobbied against. Here there's automated collection machines in most supermarkets, and drinks are sold in reusable plastic crates holding glass bottles.

DoctorOetker 8y ago
Yes, I totally agree there is no innovation, it's always just stalling to come up with a standard against standardization. Like the limited vendor ID space in USB, etc Here in Belgium the bottles get washed for a few cycles, and then remolten for a few cycles. And we also have the automated bottle collectors etc... Still I think there can be improvement with other containers for other product types as well, but it should really be standardized sizes, otherwise it's just sabotaging smaller shops who don't have the space to store 100 different kinds of crates for the containers, and smaller suppliers who could be blocked or taxed by the reuse container cartel. This is why it should be a government role to coordinate the standardization so that it is open for any producers to join in a symmetric way. Then even smaller shops or neighborhood collection sites can cooperate with only limited types of crates. I'm thinking it would need some kind of sizing standard similar to A2,A3,A4,A5 paper sizes, but instead of areas, volumetric dimensional standardization. Give each container a unique QR style code, so you can look up the product description and so on...