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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed23, post: 2045631, member: 32117&quot;]The soft drinks, and milk, use to be all in glass bottles, which the soft drink/milk companies washed and reused whenever empties were returned. To insure people returned them they paid 2c per bottle upon turning them in at any retail outlet that sold their product. Whenever someone brought in empty Coke, Pepsi, Milk, etc. bottles they would stop at the courtesy desk which was usually just inside the door. There they would turn in their bottles, and in return the store gave them a token or tokens equal to the value of 2c per bottle returned. The tokens were like coupons but could only be redeemed in the place where you turned in your empties. So if you went in the store and bought a loaf of bread for 25c you could pay the cashier your 10c token and an additional 15c in cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually only the larger grocery chains like Kroger or Food Lion would give out tokens. Smaller grocery stores and gas stations usually paid you in cash instead of tokens. When the delivery truck arrived with new product the driver would load all empties on his truck, and either give the store a credit for returns or pay them in cash for the returns he was taking. It was sort of a swap and store owners usually got a premium of a few cents per case on returns to incentivize them to participate. This would be an early attempt at recycling. Everyone knew this worked this way and it was simply a routine thing. If you drank a Coke, you knew you could return the bottle for 2c. To some it was worth it and to others, they just pitched their bottle out the window where others would come along and pick up the empty just to get the 2c. You have to realize that 2C went a lot further back then than today ... a candy bar only cost a nickel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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