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Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by legerdemain on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:11PM (#28214897)
Reusable glass bottles also mean that you either bring the exact bottle to the exact retailer to get refilled with the exact product, or brands lose the ability to use the container for advertising and brand identity.

Even the frou-frou dairies that let you bring in their reusable bottles only want you to bring back their reusable bottles with their stenciled logos on them.

Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by pmyteh on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:28PM (#28215080)
In the UK there is (still, in some places) milk delivery to the doorstep in 1 pint bottles. These are all a standard size, and they're all branded by the dairy. But interestingly the dairies are perfectly happy to use another company's bottles if they end up with them - branding be damned.

When I lived in a place with only one delivering dairy, this was quite rare. In Liverpool, I'd say that 10% of the bottles I get are 'foreign'.

Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by legerdemain on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:21PM (#28216337)
In the US, I quickly accumulate 3-4 Stanpac glass bottles that are almost entirely identical, except for the indelible sintered labeling, and then I get behind on taking the right one to the right store and throw them out.
Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by int_19h on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:54PM (#28216565)
Which is something that could be solved by regulation mandating standard bottle shapes. Environment is more important than "brand identity".