I remember selling bulk quantities of beer bottles back to the shop as recently as 2005. A state-mandated, industry-wide reuse scheme would lead to them being e

I remember selling bulk quantities of beer bottles back to the shop as recently as 2005. A state-mandated, industry-wide reuse scheme would lead to them being examined for damage, sterilised and supplied back to breweries. Theoretically the scheme still works, but somehow the beers I buy when visiting the home country all come in bottles not partaking in it.