Image:A plastic bottle washed up on Brighton beach Read more: Protesters glue themselves to runway 'Very hot' 30C days treble in UK PM says bills will come down with GB Energy The last of five rounds of United Nations talks to agree a treaty are set for the end of November. Bu...
A key component of the typical Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) technology is incentivizing consumers to “do good” through the promise of a reward, money in the case of supermarket DRSs and discounts in the Coca-Cola foray at UK attractions. DRSs have been gaining popularity in the UK, with b...
Only half are recycled.Environment campaigners think all drinks bottles should be refilled, or a deposit/return scheme should be brought in. It means that ___ customer will get up to 20 pence back every time they return a bottle.Plastic bottles are a(n) ___(grow) threat to the environm...
The government is expected to publish a Waste and Resources Strategy later this year, and ministers have spoken about some of the policies it may contain, including a bottle deposit return scheme. ‘Sweeping waste under someone else’s carpet’ But environmental advocates say the latest export dat...
Aldi UK recently became the first retailer to launch a new scheme developed by the Refill Coalition, to be followed by online retailer Ocado in early 2024. Both retailers aim to eventually roll out a wider range of loose or refillable products both in-store and via their online shopping servi...
You would be forgiven for thinking that every time you throw a plastic bottle into the recycling, it will eventually be reincarnated as another plastic bottle. Unfortunately, that’s not quite how it works; the majority of plastics can only be recycled one time – and not into...
Individual/citizen recycling Bottle deposit scheme30 Bottle deposit scheme59 Not to date Informal market for materials85 Bottle deposit scheme79 Co-ops and neighborhood initiatives27 Producer responsibility towards glass31 Not to date Street recycling10, 13 Littering laws Littering fines16; Keep Vancouver...
The report highlights the key role played by the emerging technology of non-mechanical recycling in future waste management. United States Plastic Recycling News
The UK government launched a cap and floor investment scheme for LDES on 10 October, which could help developers overcome high upfront project costs for storage systems with a duration of 4 hours or above. Rubina Singh, senior investment manager at Foresight Ventures, told the s...
Or consider bottled water. The logical approach here is to reuse thicker bottles 100 times or more, but this may require a deposit scheme, collection and return, wash and refill – all of which costs. Thin single-use bottles are the lowest price, whereas refilling and reusing has the lowest...