Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Envase
Envase is really quite a good think and easy to understand but at the same time difficult. So what is it. Well the supermarket or chino buys beer in bottles but also has to buy the bottle itself. So when you buy a litre of beer for $2.50 ar you will need to buy the bottle as well. Good for the environment as they don´t get put in the rubbish, because you can get your money back.
Well not really!
After you´ve put the beer where it belongs, you can go to the chino with the bottles, who don´t care where the bottles have come from and will give you less, but cash to get what ever you are buying or you can go to the super and get more beer without having to pay again for the bottles. But you need to be getting the same number of bottles as the ones you brought back.
Not all bottles are the same, some are not returnable and will say so. So if you go back to a chino or a super with 15 bottles to get 15 bottles of the same beer and they have sold out and they only have none returnable bottles you will have 15 bottles of empties and have to pay full for the other beer. Some chinos will pay for the bottles and give you some cash against the none returnables, so you wont be too out of pocket. But I don´t think this would work at the super.
Simple really!
Well not really!
After you´ve put the beer where it belongs, you can go to the chino with the bottles, who don´t care where the bottles have come from and will give you less, but cash to get what ever you are buying or you can go to the super and get more beer without having to pay again for the bottles. But you need to be getting the same number of bottles as the ones you brought back.
Not all bottles are the same, some are not returnable and will say so. So if you go back to a chino or a super with 15 bottles to get 15 bottles of the same beer and they have sold out and they only have none returnable bottles you will have 15 bottles of empties and have to pay full for the other beer. Some chinos will pay for the bottles and give you some cash against the none returnables, so you wont be too out of pocket. But I don´t think this would work at the super.
Simple really!
