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In reply to the discussion: 'Checking out at the store, [View all]HiPointDem
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*they* decided. when the biggest sellers went to disposables, the big supermarkets stopped accepting returnables; the low volume on other sodas made it not worth the labor & space cost.
there were some state by state differences, but basically it was coke & pepsi who decided. not customers.
& you might take a look at coke & pepsi's long-standing opposition to bottle deposit legislation, btw. it goes back to the period when they were introducing disposables, & it's one of the reasons some states rescinded their existing deposit laws.
i repeat: it had nothing to do with what customers wanted, it had to do with coke and pepsi's profits.
1989 national survey: a majority of americans favored a national bottle deposit bill: 70% in favor, with 12% no opinion. Only 18% opposed.
http://www.bottlebill.org/about/benefits/polls/nationwide.htm
so much for consumers 'wanting' disposables.