Here's a serious question:-
I'm not asking about the contents - their source should be pretty obvious... but the bottles??
Clearly there is a thriving glass bottle recycling industry in Bali, focused around the F&B sector, collecting empties & refilling them for sale at village level, that stands to reason... an effective eco-solution, re-use being the 1st of the 3Rs.
Given the import duty on spirits, I'd have thought just about any damn 1L bottle would do... BUT they always seem to be Absolut vodka bottles - not Johny Walker, Bacardi, Tequila etc, which all accommodate a measured 1L of liquid.
I hardly think the high shelf presence of Absolut is down to retailer display & brand appeal !
So is there a secret community of binge-drinking Swedes somewhere on the island... or what?
Anyone got ideas?
Where do all the Absolut vodka bottles we see at roadside stalls - filled with petrol/diesel/kerosine - come from?
I'm not asking about the contents - their source should be pretty obvious... but the bottles??
Clearly there is a thriving glass bottle recycling industry in Bali, focused around the F&B sector, collecting empties & refilling them for sale at village level, that stands to reason... an effective eco-solution, re-use being the 1st of the 3Rs.
Given the import duty on spirits, I'd have thought just about any damn 1L bottle would do... BUT they always seem to be Absolut vodka bottles - not Johny Walker, Bacardi, Tequila etc, which all accommodate a measured 1L of liquid.
I hardly think the high shelf presence of Absolut is down to retailer display & brand appeal !
So is there a secret community of binge-drinking Swedes somewhere on the island... or what?
Anyone got ideas?