Back in the early 1970's Cadburry-Schweppes pioneered the much hated -by environmentalists- no deposit bottle. So over a period of time a group of people collected what amounted to several tons of these no deposit bottles and one Sunday afternoon came along to the head office of Cadburry-Schweppes and dumped all these no deposit Schweppes no deposit bottles on the front lawn. They sent them back from whence they came. A photographer from The Guardian newspaper was on hand to photograph the incident. My Dad being a communist thought it was quite funny.
not being a communist still whole heartedly aggree with your dad on that one. when i was growing the no deposit anything didn't exist yet and neither did disposable diapers. the flip top and pull tab aluminum can hadn't yet come along either. you had to open a can with a church key or a can opener. boyscout knives had can openers on them. everyone but everyone had one in their pocket. even girls carried them in their purses. like the keys to your house they were something you never left home without. =^^= .../\...
So it's Cadbury-Schewppes whose to blame for the demise of the deposit-bottles. I remember in the early 70's always taking back my Dad's empty: 'Woodpecker Cider' & my 'R Whites Lemonade' bottles to 'McClusky's Off Licence' at the bottom of our road & getting 3p or 4p per bottle or whatever it was.
The 70s was the peak of businesses pushing disposable items on people. It was great for them until people ran out of space to dump all the garbage and politicians were being forced to vote in new landfills in their districts. What a waste of resources. Some of the bottles of the 70s and earlier did have some really fancy designs, such as spiral grooves running up the bottle. Collector's items. .
