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I thought I'd send my answers to Debra's questions to the entire list in case there are others out there with the same questions. My Comment: "They (Pet refillable bottles) can and are being sterilized and reused in many countries." Question: "Why not in US? Is there a law preventing that?" Answer: There is nothing preventing the beverage bottlers and distributors of soft drinks, beer and non-carbonated beverages from introducing refilable PET beverage bottles in North America. But now that they have dismantled their system of refillable bottles they aren't interested in hauling refillables long distances back to the bottling plants and breweries to be sterilized, refilled and shipped off to retail outlets. They prefer the "use it once and throw it away or maybe recycle it" bottles and cans. My Comment: "These (refillable PET bottles) are not like the PET bottles sold in the U.S. " Question: "How are the two PET bottles different?" ANswer: Refillable PET beverage bottles are thicker and a little heavier than one-way PET bottles. I'd say the PET soft drink bottles probably weighs about twice as much as a one-way PET soda bottle. FYI--beer is also sold in refillable PET bottles and I believe (but am not positive) that water is as well. MORE ON REFILLABLE PET BOTTLES I found this old article from one of our 1996 newsletters: Refillables Grow in European Market --Beverage World Database reports that refillable PET soft drink bottles grew from just 1% of soft drink market volume in Western Europe in 1990 to 14% in 1994. HERE'S A LINK TO A WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO AND A PICTURE http://www.apme.org/dashboard/business_layer/template.asp?url=http://www.apm e.org/media/public_documents/20010817_091941/packaging_reusable_bottles.htm **************************************** Patricia Franklin Executive Director Container Recycling Institute 1911 N. Fort Myer Drive, Ste. 702 Arlington, VA 22209 TEL: 703.276.9800 FAX: 703.276.9587 EMAIL: pfranklin@no.address http://www.container-recycling.org http://www.bottlebill.info **************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Debra Lombard [mailto:dlombard@no.address] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:18 PM To: Pat Franklin Subject: RE: [greenyes] new PET bottle recycling method ? HI Pat, I have seen your informative posts for many years. You said, "THey can and are being sterilized and reused in many countries." Why not in US? Is there a law preventing that? "These are not the PET bottles sold in the U.S. " How are the two PET bottles different?? Thanks! Deb Debra Lombard LEEDtm Accredited Professional Lighting & Sustainable Design The RETEC Group 900 Chapel St., 2nd Fl - Box 9 New Haven, CT 06510 Tel: 203-776-2358 x 237 Fax: 203-773-3657 www.retec.com dlombard@no.address |
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