I've seen great examples of supermarkets taking back empty drink bottles (plastic) after use. You pay 20P on top of the price of your bottle of choice and the 20P is refunded when you return the bottles to the same shop. I'd LOVE to see that in the UK.
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It is so hard to solve environmental problems unless strict implementation is being done. Requiring a deposit for plastic bottles is a good way to get back these bottles and have them recycled. We must use these plastics in all ways we can so that minimize the garbage and thus, help save our environment.
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When I was in Toronto, they had these bins that are divided into sections for Plastics, Paper and other Rubbish. Which I thought was really great - there are a couple on the Southbank in London, but if these became standard all over the country, it could get a lot of people into the good habit of separating out their rubbish for recycling.
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