deposit return scheme

It is offering 10p for each bottle returned to spend in store

The possible options for materials that could be collected include plastic containers, glass bottles, metal cans, cartons and disposable cups

It has installed a reverse vending machine at its store in Fulham, London

Reverse vending machines will be installed at its pop-up stores at Download, Latitude and Reading and Leeds festivals

The government intends to work with other parts of the UK for a deposit return scheme for drink containers

Consumers use an estimated 13 billion plastic drinks bottles a year but more than three billion are not recycled

  Iceland and Co-op have become the first two supermarkets to support a UK-wide bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) to tackle plastic pollution. The retailers said they would back a mandatory DRS following the Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s consultation on the possibility of introducing it to boost recycling rates. A DSR would mean consumers get […]