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Supermarket chains across the country now offer deposit return schemes, also known as reverse vending systems.With these projects in place and the government throwing its weight behind an “all in” deposit return recycling plan, the incentives have never been greater to curb the scourge of plastic waste.
UK consumers go through an estimated 13 billion plastic drinks bottles a year, but more than three billion are incinerated, sent to landfill or leftft to pollute our streets, countryside and marine environment. To
This is done through a network of ‘reverse vendi where you insert your plastic or glass b ttottle or can returns your money.
most precious habitats. It is absolutely vital we act now to tackle this threat and curb the millions of plastic bottles a day that g o unrecycl ed .
To tackle this blight, the government plans to introduce a deposit return scheme in England for single use drinks containers (whether plastic, glass or metal).
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Deposit schemes in Europe have reportedly boosted recycling. The idea is that a deposit - a few pence - would be price of a drink. The deposit is paid back when em to retailers .
Once a bott ttle is returned, businesses are then re
making sure they are effffectively recycled – a move 97% recycling rate in Germany.
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that has led to a sponsible for
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said earlier this year: “We can be in no doubt that plastic is wreaking havoc on our marine environment – killing dolphins, choking turtles and degrading our
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