Submitted on Friday 26th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 7th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
To reduce littering, implement a recycling bounty on glass and cans.
Norway and Germany have a small increase in price added to drinks containers, which is refunded when the containers are returned for recycling. This returns the costs of recycling to the shops, not councils and can also benefit shop loyaly in the form of credit vouchers you recycling at that store.
According to The Guardian, the scheme has allowed Norway to recycle 97 percent of all its plastic bottles, with less than one percent ending up in the environment.
92 percent of the bottles recycled yield such high quality material, it can be used again in drink bottles. In some cases, the system has already reused the same material more than 50 times.
https://www.sciencealert.com/norway-s-recycling-scheme-is-so-effective-92-percent-of-plastic-bottles-can-be-reused
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The Government has already announced its intention to establish a deposit return scheme. You can find out more here: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-for-drinks-containers-bottles-and-cans/outcome/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-in-england-wales-and-northern-ireland-executive-summary-and-next-steps
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