No More Plastic Bottles

Currently, water in supermarkets can only be bought in bottles, which is quite unsustainable. In addition, orange juice which is sold via fresh squeezing machines can only be poured in thick plastic bottles offered by the stores, as they carry a barcode on them, necessary for checking out. My proposition is that an inexpensive system could be implemented to weigh containers brought in by customers before and after the pouring of water and juice from existing dispensers. That way, the need for plastic bottles would be decreased substantially, as many people already carry reusable bottles, and more people could buy them. By buying water and juice in the absence of a plastic bottle, the price of both would decrease and the overall sustainable practice of the enterprise would increase. This method could be implemented on other goods as well, these may vary from coffee, sugar, rice to soap, detergent and other. For more information: https://www.rug.nl/cf/centre-for-sustainable-entrepreneurship/master-sustainable-entrepreneurship/martin-bakardzhiev

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