Most bottles everywhere still carry a deposit. The drinks companies prefer to re-use bottles. Its only because British supermarkets decided that they dont give the right image. Personally Id like to see all bottles with a deposit to reduce the amount of glass I cycle through daily.
The city I live in has almost no landfill left. Yet its still behind much of the country when it comes to recycling. The Reduce and Reuse parts of the strategy are non-existant. I think a lot of the sluggishness about tackling the UK waste problems is that national government think its a local issue, but packaging can only be tackled from a national standpoint. Duh!
If only we ran the country eh?
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