Father Jim and Calvin, This is a prolly a dumb question, but it never hurts to ask! <g> If we'd... uhmmmm... like, you know, return our empty plastic jars... Could we get a discount on our next jar? Maybe like 50 cents??? A quarter??? It seems they'd be a cinch to sterilize - just pop in the diswasher! Viola! Your costs go down and we'd be recycling! Well, there's also the selfish motive of getting more for less. Yes, I will admit to that. Ittiz done with plastic milk jugs, and I think water ones, too... Just a greedy thought... green (getting ready to pay off debit to Father Jim and order more, and contact Cal on pricing for his "green" stuff...)