‘One-way’ bottles unpopular

Press, 29 December 1980, Page 21

‘One-way’ bottles unpopular

• The increasing use of 1 “one-way” containers is con- ' cerning the New Zealand i Bottle Merchants’ Associ--1 ation. : The association says that three main soft drink com- ' parties are using one-way : bottles. One had recently in- ; traduced a plastic bottle which was neither degr- : adable nor recyclable. Main wine companies ’ were using one-way bottles ' sparkling wine and Lion Breweries had introduced a • one-way beer bottle. There were some advantages to the groups handling : the bottles, said the associ--1 ation. For soft drinks the ■ bottles meant little chance of foreign body contamina- ■ tiOn - . . X. It was also easier for the freighters to transport broken bottles for recycling. But the association said ; the disadvantages offset the : advantages. Its members were faced with more labour : costs to sort the one-way i bottles, and with increased I vehicle-loadings for little ini come. ; Community groups that held bottle drives to supplement their income would collect more bottle but earn less money. It was four times cheaper to reuse a bottle than make a new one which would conserve energy, said the $lBO, have also been popular association.