Might have a medical issue your missing. Have him checked for diabetes and bladder issues
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My son did this even through high school. He didn’t want to stop a video game and would pee in bottles. He finally grew out of it, lol
You need a real doctor, not an advice column.
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Keep bottles out of his reach. Store them up high.
I know of a child that would do this and it turned out said child had been sexually abused.
Oh sweet heart I’m not kidding you my 45 year old boyfriend still does. I finally broke him of peeing in fountain poo cups and leaving them around the house. Letting his dog an child knock them over. His child not mine, his, was still not potty trained at 7 almost 8 due to strait up laziness. You might share that with you kid. And the fact that I’m the only fool that would spend time with them.
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If he has seen his daddy do it, or another man in his life, thats prolly why he does it too.
It could be as simple as at night he doesn’t think he can make it to the toilet at night, and doesn’t want to wet himself. But as a mum of two boys they do tend to do some strange things throughout their childhood
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Talk to him, get him therapy. There is a reason he
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sounds like a psychological issue 
It could be pure laziness but I’d advise you seek professional help to eliminate mental health or medical problems
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is there any other reason he may not want to go to the bathroom at night alone? I know it’s a horrible thing to say but is it at all possible that he may have experienced some form of sexual abuse throughout the night at a friend’s or relatives maybe?.. I’m sorry for suggesting this as a possibility but unfortunately sometimes the people we think we can trust are the one’s capable of inflicting the most pain!
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Is it because he has video games and doesn’t wanna step away? Or anything along those lines? If so I’d take them all until this stops
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If he has video games in his room, take them out. It can be pure laziness as he doesn’t want to pause the game
Video games. My son did this. He was being too lazy. I had him clean it all up himself. I stopped buying water bottles and video games were very timely strict . I have the xfinity cable app and controlled the time. It stoped completely thankfully.
This doesn’t have one answer…it requires multiple parts and requires ALL of them. First, if you don’t know why and can’t find out why easily, he NEEDS to speak to someone. Second, he’s too old to just hide bottles, he needs to know it’s not acceptable. YOU need to tell him no more. Third, there need to be reasonable consequences for a child his age. Start with he has to remove and discard the bottles himself. If that isn’t enough, decrease game/screen time or whatever comparable thing he does that isn’t outside (as this is clearly an indoor issue and children his age need daily play). It isn’t enough really to simply correct this particular behavior. It could be something that he learned from another adult but it could be something more serious. The root of the issue is just as important as the issue. (Speaking as a mom, grandmother and someone with a degree regarding children with developmental delays…this isn’t normal or typical and does have a root cause, even if it’s exposure to another adult’s behavior.)