Why is the state of WV on soda cans?!
Why is the state of WV on soda cans?
Have you ever looked at the top of a soda can. The state of West Virginia is on it. I've looked and looked but never figured out why, as it doesn't seem to be related to where it's bottled.
Anyone know why?
5 months ago
I don't live anywhere close to WV, so this isn't a local thing!
Answers:
5 months ago
I don't live anywhere close to WV, so this isn't a local thing!
I grew up in West Virginia, and I just thought it was a West Virginia thing...but I also noticed the symbol on cans after I moved here to Texas.
It wasn't easy to find the answer, but I found it in -- of all places -- Google Answers!
"Currently only West Virginia levies an excise tax on soft drinks and requires that soft drink packaging visibly indicate that the tax has been paid by the distributor. West Virginia law requires that an outline of the state be inscribed in a 1/4 inch circle on the can end. The State of West Virginia now allows soft drink distributors who are bonded in the state to ink-jet the tax information on the bottoms of cans. The product is in compliance if "WV1" is ink-jetted on the bottom regardless of the inscribed outline of the state."
Source(s):
http://answers.google.com/answers/thread...
http://www.cancentral.com/issue9.cfm...
Must be a really small state if it fits on the top of a soda can.
I wonder what you're mixing with that soda.
It is probably for the deposit. You can recycle cans and get a dime back in Michigan, and there is probably something similar in WV.
because that means that is was bottled here in west virginia i live right down the rd from the dr prepper and coke plant and that mean where it's shipped out from too.