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Will a Deposit Return Scheme bring positive change to your business?
We’re in the midst of change, especially with the Resources & Waste Strategy consultation. Here we look at the benefits of DRS and how it impacts business.
Recycling Aluminium Cans Saves Energy and Natural Resources
It’s a fact that 100% of the drinks cans produced in the UK are now made from aluminium. Around 9.5 billion aluminium drinks cans are produced in the UK, 75% of which are recycled.
A Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) planned for England
On 28th March 2018, the UK Government announced plans to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme in England for single use drinks containers. The deposit return scheme aims to increase recycling rates and slash the amount of waste polluting our land and seas.
The Scottish Government Plan to Introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)
With a Deposit Return Scheme, the price you pay for a product included in the scheme will include a small charge ‘the deposit’ which is given back when the item is returned to a specific point. So, when someone buys a drink in a plastic bottle or aluminium can, they...
You could be swallowing a credit card’s weight in plastic every week
You could be swallowing a credit card's weight in plastic every week Some scary facts about plastic pollution: The average person consumes as many as 1,769 particles of plastic every week just by drinking water. Globally we eat the equivalent of a credit card worth of...