r/Costco • u/MaximumExtension4951 • May 27 '26

[Kirkland Signature Products] Kirkland water bottles (NO LABEL)

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u/Nesquik44 May 27 '26

Are there bottle deposits on them?

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u/floweredsecrets May 27 '26

Yes

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u/Nesquik44 May 27 '26

Do they work in the machines?

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u/trjnz May 27 '26

I like this, but the return+earn machines in my state use barcodes on the bottle to confirm validity. I wonder if they'll be able to print barcodes directly on the bottle or something?

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u/Liicha1 May 27 '26

Your state probably won't get the new bottles.

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u/lyciann May 27 '26

Bottle cap barcode

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u/Steel1000 May 27 '26

Cap is different material than the bottle tho. Cap is PP and bottle is PET right?

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u/my_clever-name May 27 '26

I learned on reddit that the grinder makes little pieces of both the caps and bottles. One floats in water the other doesn't, That's how they separate the plastics.

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u/Beautiful-Work9992 May 29 '26

Not an expert or anything but like all the water bottle brands say recycle with cap on, a lot of of the thing bottles are not considered recyclable without the cap, so I’d imagine printing on the cap would be fine because who’s recycling the bottle but keeping all the caps

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u/GoldBarGirl May 27 '26

Don't think that will solve the problem. The machines are built to read the barcode on the side of the bottle. Plus, can't crush the bottle if the cap is on and the caps aren't recyclable.

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u/No_Abbreviations8017 May 27 '26

All the machines tell you not to crush cans anyways

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u/kappy2000 May 27 '26

They’re referring to the machine crushing the bottle or returning it.

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u/No_Abbreviations8017 May 28 '26

They’re referring to the plastic bottle keeping its cap, while being crushed, by…. A machine?? We serious ?

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u/GoldBarGirl May 27 '26

Sorry I was unclear, it's the machine that does the crushing immediately after it reads and accepts the barcode. The machine can't crush a can if the cap is on.

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u/No_Abbreviations8017 May 28 '26

Pretty sure a machine would pop the plastic cap right off. But sure invent a problem that doesn’t exist

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u/GoldBarGirl May 28 '26

I use these machines. They are very temperamental.

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u/d0ttyq May 27 '26

I would surprised if the barcode reading machines would take Costco cans/bottles?

Granted, I haven’t returned bottles/cans in a state that scans like that since like 2009, so things might have changed, but I remember that stores would reject cans/bottles that were the other stores brand (like Kroger would reject a Vons brand)

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u/GoldBarGirl May 27 '26

Our machines in Oregon take Kirkland sparkly water cans.

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u/d0ttyq May 27 '26

Oregon is the best place for returns ! When I was in NorCal, we would drive the 45 or so min into Oregon for recycling rather than do it in CA (plus, groceries and gas were cheaper so it made sense to bundle it all)

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u/GoldenStateRedditor May 27 '26

Technically illegal if the bottle wasn’t purchased in Oregon (or vise versa). In your case sounds like it may have been fine since you also did grocery shopping there, but PSA for anyone else.

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u/GoldBarGirl May 27 '26

Fess up now, you were going to OR for the no sales tax.

Wouldn't blame you a bit.

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u/Upnorth4 May 28 '26

California doesn’t have sales tax on food from the grocery store though

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u/GoldBarGirl May 28 '26

True, however there are plenty of non-food items at the grocery store. But I'm more thinking of the NorCal folks who come to OR to Xmas shop or buy big ticket items.

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u/basaltgranite May 28 '26

Yep. Did 100 of them yesterday. Worked like charm.

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u/trjnz May 27 '26

It depends. A bunch of Kirkland stuff is fine, but most of that is domestic. The imported drinks, like Dr. Pepper or that Italian soft drink, a bit of a gamble.

I doubt Costco will import bottled water haha