This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Introduce a deposit scheme for glass, plastic and cans
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Introduce a mandatory 25p deposit on all glass bottles, plastic bottles and aluminium cans sold in the UK.
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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550260
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