It _used_ to be very common in Europe. Now it's rarer, although still present in Belgium and Alsace, notably for beer. Plastic bottles killed the "consigne", a

It _used_ to be very common in Europe. Now it's rarer, although still present in Belgium and Alsace, notably for beer. Plastic bottles killed the "consigne", and it seems like we have neither the infrastructure, nor the will, to bring it back. https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/11/15/recyclage-comment-la-consigne-a-disparu-en-france_5215413_4355770.html https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/11/15/recy... I don't know which geopolitical crisis might put us on a different track. A massive shortage of corn sugar ? A popular hoax making parents believe that plastic bottles will turn their kids gay ?