We do not use plastic, single-use kegs. Our stainless steel kegs are meant to be used and returned to us. When we sell a 5 gallon keg, we are selling you the liquid inside, and not the keg itself. We take a keg deposit and track the kegs we both deliver and pick up again once empty. We keep the keg deposit charge amount as low as we possibly can. Kegs are a major investment for our business and it costs us much more than the deposit amount to replace one that is not returned to us, which unfortunately does happen. We charge keg deposits for each keg we deliver to you, at the time of the delivery. We credit keg deposits for each empty that you return to us, at the time we receive the keg back. This process keeps us both accountable and is industry-standard.