Rejected petition Adopt a German Pfand scheme to help recycle/reuse glass bottles

Since visiting Berlin a number of times I have noticed that they have a great and easy to follow system, whereby people that buy any bottles of alcohol (Beer/Wine/Etc) can return to a supermarket and deposit these to be recycled and in turn receive store credit which they can then use in store.

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Please refer to this link:
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2010/09/beverage-packaging-and-zero-waste/

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government has announced plans for a deposit return scheme, so we're not sure what further action you'd like to see.

You can find out more here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deposit-return-scheme-in-fight-against-plastic

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 7 May 2018
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