§ 93. Mr. Jannerasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the waste of glass bottles and jars of all types at the present time; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy this matter, and thereby prevent the diversion of labour into unnecessary channels.
§ Mr. J. Edwards:There are already efficient recovery and reconditioning arrangements for milk and beer bottles and other glass containers which lend themselves to regular collection in uncon-taminated condition. Similar arrangements cannot readily be made for other types of container, and I am not prepared to attempt to press packers to use recovered containers in the place of new ones whose cleanliness and sterility must normally be more reliable. I understand that, in general, the labour needed to collect, sort, cleanse and, where necessary, sterilize used bottles and jars would be as great as that needed to make new ones.