{"id":54868,"date":"2025-01-27T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=54868"},"modified":"2025-01-27T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:51:18","slug":"uk-launches-deposit-return-scheme-to-clean-up-plastic-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-launches-deposit-return-scheme-to-clean-up-plastic-bottles\/54868\/","title":{"rendered":"UK launches deposit return scheme to clean up plastic bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The UK Government has pledged to end the throwaway society and clean up Britain as it implements legislation for the deposit return scheme for plastic drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland.<\/h2>\n<p>Once the deposit return scheme launches in October 2027, consumers will be financially incentivised to return empty containers to a collection point, such as at their local supermarket, so that plastic bottles can be recycled.<\/p>\n<p>Used in more than 50 countries worldwide as a common-sense means of encouraging people to recycle more single-use bottles and cans, these schemes see people being paid back for returning the container.<\/p>\n<h3>Single-use plastic bottles are causing problems<\/h3>\n<p>Across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, consumers buy an estimated 30 billion single-use plastic drink containers each year \u2013 including 12 billion plastic drink bottles and 13 billion drink cans.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 6.5 billion single-use drinks bottles and cans per year go to waste rather than being recycled, with many ending up littered.<\/p>\n<p>Research from the Marine Conservation Society shows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsuk.org\/ocean-emergency\/ocean-pollution\/circular-economy\/deposit-return-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">97% of surveyed beaches were polluted with drinks-related items in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraging everyone to get involved in recycling, the DRS will be introduced in October 2027, with 150ml to three-litre single-use drinks containers made from plastic and metal included in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering these reforms and driving investment in the recycling sector delivers on the Government\u2019s Plan for Change by kickstarting growth, ensuring economic stability, greater efficiency, and jobs fit for the future.<\/p>\n<h3>Deposit return scheme encourages circular practices<\/h3>\n<p>Countries such as Germany, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland have successfully implemented a deposit return scheme, ensuring valuable materials are collected, recycled, and made back into new plastic drink containers \u2013 a truly circular approach easily grasped by the public.<\/p>\n<p>The average return rate for European countries with a DRS is 90%, according to global eNGO Reloop, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reloopplatform.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RELOOP_Global_Deposit_Book_11I2022_P1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany showing the best results at 98%.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Introducing a deposit return scheme in England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland is a simple yet hugely effective way of addressing problems with rubbish building up on UK streets and in rivers and oceans while also ensuring the public gets money back.<\/p>\n<p>Circular Economy Minister Mary Creagh said: \u201cThis is a vital step as we stop the avalanche of rubbish that is filling up our streets, rivers and oceans and protect our treasured wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurning trash into cash also delivers on our Plan for Change by kickstarting clean growth, ensuring economic stability, more resilient supply chains, and new green jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The future of Britain\u2019s recycling<\/h3>\n<p>Implementing a deposit return scheme is another big step forward for the Government\u2019s collection and packaging reforms, which together will support 21,000 new jobs and stimulate more than \u00a310bn of investment in 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