Rejected petition Put a 10p bottle deposit on plastic bottles to save our Oceans!

In the world today 1 refuge truck of plastics are dumped into our oceans every minute. 1/3 of these plastics are single use plastics such as plastic bottles. Such a deposit in Michigan has risen beverage container recycling to 97% conpared to the US average of 33%.

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The 10p is not a tax as it is refunded when the bottle is recycled.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173548

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Date submitted 24 January 2017
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