← Back to catalogue
Research draft

bottle

vr.tr.bottle · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle bottles by type, material, closure, safety and recycling, and separate the container from bottle quantities.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle bottles by type, material, closure, safety and recycling, and separate the container from bottle quantities.

A container with a narrow neck, used to hold and pour liquids, made of glass, plastic or metal, including baby bottles, carboys and hot-water bottles.

What it is for: Storing, transporting and serving liquids.

It can be fill, seal and pour; reuse and refill; recycle or return for deposit; choose safe bottles for babies and food.

Distinguishing features

Narrow-necked container

Materials affect safety and recycling

Deposit return schemes in many places

Bottle as a quantity is a different entry

What it looks like

A vessel with a body, shoulder, neck and closure; glass, PET or metal.

Physical character

common volumes: 0.2-2 L - carboys larger

PET bottle mass: 10-40 g

How it is recognised

Narrow neck and closure

Resin codes and deposit marks

Baby bottles with teats

Related models

is a kind of - vessel

container

holds - contents

soft drink and other liquids

is confused with - amount

bottle quantity

is recycled through - end of life

deposit return scheme

In practice

Families and kinds

beverage bottles

baby bottles

carboys

hot-water bottles

decorative and snuff bottles

Standards and regulation

EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (tethered caps)

Food contact materials rules

Deposit return scheme law

BS 1970 hot water bottles

Failure modes and hazards

Glass breakage

Scalds from hot-water bottles

Chemicals migrating from unsuitable plastics

Litter

Also called

hot water bottlebaby bottlecarboyNew Year's flasksnuff bottleTettinaHaberman Feedermedicine bottlebidonspray bottlesqueeze bottleglass bottleapothecary bottleflip-top bottleChampagne bottleKLM Delftware housesisshō-binshōyu-sashiwater cooler bottlepot lyonnaiscruetpilgrim flaskCodd-neck bottlecollared flaskplastic bottleNormbrunnenflaschesoda siphongemel bottlewine bottleminiature liquor bottleclavelinbeer bottlefiascohip flaskflûte d'Alsacemilk bottletokkuriMonza ampullaeweighing bottlealuminium bottle

+46

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.bottle-artifact

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which bottle.

Type decides use and rules.

Kind

Beverage, baby, carboy.

Kind

Bottle type.

  1. What kind of bottle is it? definition
  2. What volume? measurement

Material

Glass, PET, metal.

Material

Material.

  1. What is it made of? definition
  2. Is it approved for food contact? boundary
Safety Use risks.

Bottles can cause harm.

Baby bottles

Hygiene and materials.

Baby bottles

Baby bottle safety.

  1. How should baby bottles be cleaned and sterilised? action
  2. Are materials safe? boundary

Hot-water bottles

Scald risk.

Hot-water

Hot-water bottle safety.

  1. How old is it, and should it be replaced? boundary
  2. How should it be filled safely? action
Closure Caps and seals.

Closures keep contents safe.

Closure type

Caps, corks.

Closure

Closure.

  1. What closure does it use? definition
  2. Is it tamper-evident? boundary

Tethered caps

Rules.

Tethered caps

Cap rules.

  1. Must the cap be tethered here? boundary
  2. Since when? provenance
End of life Return and recycle.

Bottles are major waste streams.

Deposit

Return schemes.

Deposit

Deposit schemes.

  1. Is there a deposit on this bottle? boundary
  2. Where can it be returned? action

Recycling

Recycling routes.

Recycling

Recycling.

  1. How should it be recycled? action
  2. Should the cap stay on? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should bottle types be separate entries?
  • How should deposit schemes be linked?
  • How should the quantity sense be split off?