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They have to get this into grocery stores for it to work, IMO. I need to be able to bring back a pile of dirty containers, throw them in a bin, get back credits
by core-questions 8y ago
They have to get this into grocery stores for it to work, IMO. I need to be able to bring back a pile of dirty containers, throw them in a bin, get back credits covering X new container purchases, and then go walk into the store and buy new things in the same sort of containers. To get started, all you should have to do is just buy something. The containers themselves should be as re-usable as any cheap Tupperware clone.
Shipping this stuff back and forth is pants-on-head retarded. It needs to be washed and sanitized in-store and filled up with bulk goods in-store.
- Cerium 8y agoThe stores could send them to a local sanitation depot. I've seen setups in cities where all the restaurants used such a service. When you sat down the restaurant would issue you set of plates and bowls in an autoclave bag. You got to open it yourself so you knew it was fresh. At the end of the meal the dirty dishes were scraped and dumped into a bin for cleaning.
- joezydeco 8y agoThis already exists in a small way. I use a local dairy that ships milk in thick glass containers with a $1.50 deposit. Any store that sells it will also handle returns. And I can remember a time when soft drinks came in glass bottles and the stores took them back for a deposit refund.