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Why don't more drinks come in reusable glassware and milk crates? Are single use cans and cardboard packages cheaper? Safer?
by youeseh 7y ago
Why don't more drinks come in reusable glassware and milk crates?
Are single use cans and cardboard packages cheaper? Safer?
- maxxxxx 7y ago“Convenience”
- SSchick 7y agoCheaper to produce, cheaper to transport and generally favoured by consumers due to weight and easy disposal.
- tapland 7y agoBecause reusable usually means crushing the class and making new bottles. Recycled aluminium saves more energy than the glass process.
- MivLives 7y agoThey're talking about returnables which is how beer used to come. Imagine instead of just recycling your beer bottles you hauled it back to the store for it to be sent back to vendor. I've worked around refillable milk containers and it was a pain in the ass, beer I can only imagine is more so.
- tapland 7y agoIt would be absolutely nuts if anyone wanted to use non-standard bottles or specific glass colorings. A standardized bottle that everyone used (only label as differentiation) would be cool.