When I was a kid, soda came in glass bottles instead of plastic. Grocery stores would collect and pay back deposits, then Coke & Pepsi would wash & refill the bottles. Guess who first lobbied municipal governments to start recycling programs? Soda companies. They didn't want the hassle and cost of collecting and reusing bottles; this way, the taxpayer would fund the recycling programs instead.
When I was a kid, soda came in glass bottles instead of plastic. Grocery stores would collect and pay back deposits, then Coke & Pepsi would wash & refill the bottles. Guess who first lobbied municipal governments to start recycling programs? Soda companies. They didn't want the hassle and cost of collecting and reusing bottles; this way, the taxpayer would fund the recycling programs instead.