Friday, March 25, 2011

An artifact from before the throwaway society

returnable potato chip can
This steel can is used for kindling in one of our cabins.

Who can still remember when steel cans were used to hold potato chips?

Take notice to the lower left side of the can. It could be returned for a 50-cent deposit!

Just imagine how much less waste we would have created if all food had come in returnable vessels.

Instead, our society opted to do everything the easy way and just threw the containers away when we were through with the product.

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