Petition updatePlastic bottle deposit scheme in the UK to encourage recycling
I Need Your Suggestions
Finola BillingsUnited Kingdom
Mar 1, 2018
After recieving some hate online about my petition, I want to make clear what I do and do not support. I have developed a list of solutions to potential problems the UK may face when developing this scheme. Hence, this petition:
1. Does not support collection of the bottles from any means that is not sustainable. (I.e. they must, for example, be collected by cars powered by electric made by a renewable source, or, by cycling couriers)
2. Supports including an option to give to charity on the machine. Upon every return machine there is a button which you can press which gives the money to charity instead of to yourself. For this, you don't get a reciept. They have a system like this at a university in Scotland and this lessens the amount of receipts printed. (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Se-eWJcogQ&list=WL&index=96&t=1s
3. Supports having a receipt-free machine. Rather than a receipt, this petition supports the money coming directly from the machine.
4. Supports a policy whereby those companies which are contributing highly to plastic waste must account for the cost of the deposit the customer would usually pay themselves. I.e. If company wants to sell their product in a completely non biodegradable plastic, they cannot demand that the consumer pay the deposit. Then, the customers simply get extra pocket money for recycling it.
For every apparent problem there must be a way of finding a solution! I'd love to hear other people's suggestions :)
Please also read the article attached if you want to know a little more about why I, personally, believe this scheme could work.
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