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Fund a £0.10 deposit scheme for recycling single-use beverage containers

Submitted by Nojus Petrauskas on Monday 29th September 2025

Published on Friday 31st October 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 30th April 2026

Signatures: 81

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Bottles ~ Cans ~ Deposit ~ Ensure ~ environment ~ fund ~ Glass ~ plastic ~ Reported ~ Return ~ Rewarding ~ Scheme ~ The Environment ~ waste

Petition Action

Fund a £0.10 deposit scheme for recycling single-use beverage containers

Petition Details

I want the Government to fund a £0.10 deposit on single-use beverage containers (glass bottles, metal cans and plastic bottles) or any waste. Under this scheme, when containers are emptied, they can then be returned to a reverse vending machine which gives people £0.10 in return.

Additional Information

The Government should do this because it could be very beneficial to the environment. Adding this reward scheme could ensure that it increases the recycling rates as it can be an economic incentive. This means that consumers may be motivated to return containers for recycling as they could receive a reward for it. Therefore, more people may be willing to recycle. Other countries like Lithuania have this scheme, and it was reported that recycling rates increased.


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