Submitted on Monday 8th August 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 9th August 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce a compulsory £0.05 deposit on all recyclable bottles and cans
The 5p carrier bag charge has been a huge success, reducing the amount of plastic bags given out by supermarkets by over 90%.
In response to this, I propose a compulsory 5p deposit on all recyclable aluminium, steel and plastic containers to encourage recycling.
The deposit is automatically added onto the cost of the product, and the refunding of the deposit could be done at supermarkets and automated reverse-vending machines like those used in Scandinavia.
This would also be beneficial to local authorities, who would not only see a large reduction in the amount of kerbside recycling which is needed to be collected, but the deposits paid could be reclaimed by the local authority for any containers which are collected.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125568
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