I used to live in a country where most of the drinks were sold in reusable bottles. When you bought them, you had to pay some extra "deposit", but if you brought back the bottle to the place of purchase (pretty much any store that sold them, not only where you bought them from), then you got back the deposit (this was in the 90's and early 00's, before they stopped).

Pretty much all Coca Cola stuff were sold in such bottles, at least the bigger ones, like 1.5L+ (but not only Coca Cola, Pepsi and other products too. Notably beer bottles were also like that).

Fast forward to 2025, and they have stopped using these reusable bottles completely, and funnily they are even removing their promise about using them globally.

Sometimes it's a great time to be alive. Sometimes I feel that I'm the only sane person. (Or the only crazy one - depending on how you look at it)