In the US alone, 127 billion plastic bottles are purchased every year, according to one estimate.
However, one soft drinks firm in the Midwest is keeping old school tradition alive by continuing to sell its products in returnable glass bottles.
For almost a century, until the 1960s, soda bottles in the US were generally meant to be returned.
Customers had to pay a deposit for the sturdy glass bottles. They then got this money back when they returned them to the shop. And the bottles would be washed and refilled over and over again.
Sadly the adoption of plastic meant that this system was phased out, but one soft drinks producer – family-owned Twig's Beverage – has stuck to it.
