As the saying goes, "where there's muck, there's brass"
The pic shows how many empty, used but label free, wine bottles can be "safely" stacked into the boot/back seat of an ancient peugeot 205, without killing the rear suspension !
On wednesday, I pitched up at a local, West Sussex, winery/vineyard to collect a couple of pallets for shipping. When the chap appeared with the forklift, I was drooling over a big stack of stillages that contained a mountain of bottles. I mentioned that it would be great to get hold of some, only to be told that these were due for recycling, because the winery have found that it's best to bottle into new bottles that are easily sterilised - washing out used "process bottles" wasn't cost effective etc etc. He went on to say that he'd ask if I could have some, and the person asked, said they'd check with the boss and let me know one way or another on the thursday.
I had to go back on the thursday, when the woman in the winery office said it was fine for me to have some of the bottles (presumably it's cheaper as they don't have to pay the recylcer to take them away), but I couldn't have the stillages as they need them for production.
The attached pic is the result of this mornings mission to pick up as many as I could fit into the car. Shame I don't have the garden/garage space of "Mr Morton", as there was about 7500 bottles, sitting there, in need of washing out and filling.
And I be you'll never guess what I'll be doing today
The pic shows how many empty, used but label free, wine bottles can be "safely" stacked into the boot/back seat of an ancient peugeot 205, without killing the rear suspension !
On wednesday, I pitched up at a local, West Sussex, winery/vineyard to collect a couple of pallets for shipping. When the chap appeared with the forklift, I was drooling over a big stack of stillages that contained a mountain of bottles. I mentioned that it would be great to get hold of some, only to be told that these were due for recycling, because the winery have found that it's best to bottle into new bottles that are easily sterilised - washing out used "process bottles" wasn't cost effective etc etc. He went on to say that he'd ask if I could have some, and the person asked, said they'd check with the boss and let me know one way or another on the thursday.
I had to go back on the thursday, when the woman in the winery office said it was fine for me to have some of the bottles (presumably it's cheaper as they don't have to pay the recylcer to take them away), but I couldn't have the stillages as they need them for production.
The attached pic is the result of this mornings mission to pick up as many as I could fit into the car. Shame I don't have the garden/garage space of "Mr Morton", as there was about 7500 bottles, sitting there, in need of washing out and filling.
And I be you'll never guess what I'll be doing today
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