Empty bottles are not refundable.

空瓶不退。

《新英汉大辞典》

Avoid leaving empty bottles on the dinner table in Russia—that's bad luck.

在俄罗斯，不要把空瓶子放在餐桌上，那是不吉利的。

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First of all, don't worry about any litter or empty bottles you see lying about.

首先，不用担心你看到的到处乱扔的垃圾和空瓶子。

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The table, which had looked so pristine, was strewn with a wreckage of empty bottles and ashtrays and plastic cups.

NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian

Besides the empty bottles, dishes and beer cups there would always be this big pile of CDs by the stereo.

FORBES: Is Your Job Still Playing on CDs?

In the southern province of Mersin, 7, 000 bottles of bootleg liquor were found along with empty bottles, stickers and other materials used in production.

BBC: Turkey arrests after adulterated alcohol kills Russians