Have people brought empty bottles into a gas station asking for a refill or something? Does anyone out there know why is this label necessary?
2006-08-18 14:36:41 · 11 answers · asked by i luv teh fishes 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
You must be kind of young.
Years ago, all glass bottles were returned for a deposit. They were sent back to the factories and refilled.
So when they stopped doing that, they started putting No Deposit or No Refill on them.... and some still do it.
2006-08-18 14:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Years ago Coca-Cola had the small glass bottles (still do), you use to could take them back to the Coke plant and they would refill them for you for a quarter. Sometimes the old timey Pharmacies that had the soda fountains in them would also do it. Some companies may still do the refills up North, and so different parts of the country have different labels.
2006-08-18 21:45:16 · answer #2 · answered by yeayouwishyouwerehotlikeme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some countries they want you to bring the bottles so they can recycle the bottles, but they dont actually refill the bottles but give you new ones. Some states here also have you bring the bottles back and give you .05 cents for your empty bottle.
2006-08-18 21:44:13 · answer #3 · answered by Regio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means that the bottles can not be refilled by the manufacturers since they don't meet certain health and safety codes. If they're returned for deposit they go straight to the crusher and new bottles are made
2006-08-18 21:43:51 · answer #4 · answered by LAUGHING MAGPIE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's for restaurants. My parents own a coffee shop and it says that on the glass ketchup bottles for each table. It means that we can't just buy one of those large cans to refill the bottles, we must buy new bottles that already have ketchup in them.
2006-08-18 21:44:19 · answer #5 · answered by maverick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
could means : that bottle should not be refiled by the producer and re-package and re-sale. in my country, some products container must be recycled. the washing and refill method is prohibited.
2006-08-18 21:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by abimono 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the past bottles were recycled and refilled at the plant instead of melted down and recycled that way.
2006-08-18 21:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the plastic that some bottles are made of degrade quickly, and the plastic can leach into the liquid once the original contents are emptied. Nasty, huh?
2006-08-18 21:42:29 · answer #8 · answered by I'm_Bored 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know... those labels always catch my eye when I'm refilling my drinks...
Oh well
2006-08-18 21:42:35 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked myself the same question a while back. Thank God for Yahoo! Answers. Woo Hooo!!
2006-08-18 22:37:53 · answer #10 · answered by Christina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋