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We literally had actual bottle recycling schemes back in the old days when we had people delivering milk and other dairy products.
But that didn't fit into big corporations "profiteering-at-all-costs" plans, so they started selling the stuff in plastic.
...yyyeees, but I was also a lot cheaper and used a lot less fuel because the plastic was far lighter to carry around than glass.
How that balances out, no idea, sorry... I'm hoping it was better but may have been due to plastic subsidies or something equally evil
That's what they told me when I was a kid - and now I live in a country where 20% of the population can't even afford milk. So I have to ask - cheaper for whom?
Don't know, but it sure did allow the big supermarket chains to monopolize the dairy supply business.