Irn-Bru maker ends glass bottle returns
by Press Association from on (#HWZ3)
AG Barr ends policy after 110 years, citing reduction in number of bottles returned for 30p
Irn-Bru's maker, AG Barr, is to end glass-bottle returns after 110 years as it invests 5m in new facilities. The company cited a reduction in the number of bottles returned for 30p as customers increasingly chose to recycle at home.
The 5m investment at its facility in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, will result in installation of high-speed filling equipment for its glass bottle range. While 90% of Barr's bottles were returned in the early 1990s, the figure has fallen to about half today.
