# Did 2 liter bottles used to be made of glass?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-2-liter-bottles-used-to-be-made-of-glass/200781 "2003-09-10T16:08:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-2-liter-bottles-used-to-be-made-of-glass/200781/1 "2003-09-10T16:08:55Z")

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I swear that I remember this from when I was in early elementary school (late 70s/early 80s) but no one that I mention it to remembers this.

Google points me to [this page](http://www.2collectcola.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=2BA2Liter&Category_Code=BOLD&Product_Count=2) , which says:

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> Coca-Cola 2 Liter Glass Bottle (Empty) - extremely rare, these huge 2 liter glass bottles were only produced at the Sacramento Bottling Plant from 1986-1988. Once filled they had so much pressure they would explode like a bomb in the shipping racks. Bottles are empty with large screw-cap metal lids.

But I don’t know how much I trust that information because that doesn’t jibe at all with what I remember. I distinctly remember them in the Pittsburgh area around 1980.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-2-liter-bottles-used-to-be-made-of-glass/200781/2 "2003-09-10T16:10:55Z")

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Yes, but they were not widely distributed.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-2-liter-bottles-used-to-be-made-of-glass/200781/3 "2003-09-10T16:25:39Z")

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> Once filled they had so much pressure they would explode like a bomb in the shipping racks.

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> Yes, but they were not widely distributed.

I wonder why not?

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**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-2-liter-bottles-used-to-be-made-of-glass/200781/4 "2003-09-10T16:31:18Z")

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In Prince Edward Island they still use 1.5 L glass bottles. They also have a 80 cent deposit on them, which almost doubles the cost at the register. Good bottles for home-brew 🙂

All carbonated drinks (soda, beer, etc) sold in PEI must use glass bottles. This rule only applies to carbonated drinks, so juices and water can be sold in cans/plastic bottles.