> Monte Testaccio in Rome looks like a natural hill, but it’s an immense pile of broken oil amphoras (tall jars), which were used only once to prevent rancidness.
I wonder what the state of glass container production was at the time, and whether it would have been practical to sterilize and reuse.
Perhaps--like today--some things just come in disposable containers because of the trust and transport relationships (or lack thereof) between manufacturers and consumers.
> Monte Testaccio in Rome looks like a natural hill, but it’s an immense pile of broken oil amphoras (tall jars), which were used only once to prevent rancidness.
I wonder what the state of glass container production was at the time, and whether it would have been practical to sterilize and reuse.
Perhaps--like today--some things just come in disposable containers because of the trust and transport relationships (or lack thereof) between manufacturers and consumers.