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SleepingInTraffic@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Agreed.

I’m sure it used to be a thing in the past too, I remember my grandparents talking about taking bottles back to the shop. Before that my great grandmother used to get milk and orange juice from the milk float, then left the empties out for them to be washed and refilled.

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ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Beer used to be distributed in earthen jugs, which remained brewery property and had to be returned.

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- SleepingInTraffic@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  An earthen jug of ale is definitely something I can get behind
  
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Babalugats@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That was a better scheme. That was only for glass bottles, as they were collected from the stores and reused.

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