Rejected petition Introduce a deposit scheme for glass, plastic and cans

Introduce a mandatory 25p deposit on all glass bottles, plastic bottles and aluminium cans sold in the UK.

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Litter is a perennial problem in the UK and ourrent recycling levels are far too low. There used to be a deposit scheme on glass bottles in the 1970s and Germany has a similar scheme to the one proposed.

This scheme would have the double benefit of massively reducing littering and incentivise people to recycle.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550260

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Date submitted 17 August 2020
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