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Docker seems to keep orphaned volumes on the filesystem even if the container has been removed.
To resolve this problem, I use the following script scheduled on a daily basis: https://github.com/chadoe/docker-cleanup-volumes
Plan it inside a cron file (example, every day at midnight):
@midnight root docker run -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /var/lib/docker:/var/lib/docker --rm martin/docker-cleanup-volumes