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Do the bottles need to be full size, or do they accept crushed ones?
by faeyanpiraat 5y ago
Do the bottles need to be full size, or do they accept crushed ones?
- max_hammer 5y agoIf barcode is readable they accept semi-crushed bottles.
- biztos 5y agoFor plastic bottles at least for the machine you would have to un-crush it, it scans the bottle. For beer bottles, I dunno, try it out and report back?
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoIt would be quite a long trip for me to try it.
- ratww 5y agoHow do you crush a beer bottle? They're always glass, no? Or do you mean the beer can? In this case they can't be crushed, because the barcode has to be readable! A friend tried hehe. If they're not too damaged you can put them back into shape, the machine is quite robust.
- MandieD 5y agoThe lightweight plastic ones are "Einweg" ("single use"), and the deposit is to get the material back for recycling - as long as the deposit label will scan, it's accepted. It's easier to scan them in the automats if they're not crushed; my German husband does not seem to have fully internalized this, so I reinflate them when they get rejected. Glass bottles (beer, juice, milk and yoghurt) are "Mehrweg" ("multi-use"), and they actually want a bottle to sterilize and reuse (preferably with metal lid in the case of the milk and joghurt bottles), so if it's broken, it's technically trash and should go in the Altglas (old glass) containers you see at least once in every city neighborhood.
- ratww 5y ago> Glass bottles (beer, juice, milk and yoghurt) are "Mehrweg" ("multi-use") There is also a special case of a Mehrweg 1L plastic bottle, used mostly by Coca Cola. It is also sterilised before reuse. > preferably with metal lid in the case of the milk and joghurt bottles Ooops, I didn't know that. Thank you.