Plastic Bottle Recycling

We used this system in Germany years ago. Quite simple when going shopping take bag with empty bottles, (we all have to have bags nowadays) feed bottles into machine get money out, go in shop buy more bottles. What's a pita about that.

The pita would be taking the bottles when we pay for household collection of recyclable waste as part of our near £2k rates

But you are going to the shops anyway not like you are having to go to a special place out of your way and you get money back on them.

Rates will always have to be paid  irrespective of this scheme, in fact this might stop them going up you never know 

We have collections for garden waste, plastics, paper, cardboard etc all covered by our rates but there are times that we have too much or large cardboard boxes which we then take to the recycle centre, which is also funded by our rates. Can't see why this new scheme should not pay for itself.

I always take my beer crate of empties back to the drinks supermarket.  It just becomes second nature.  🍺🍻🍻

As we live in a rural area and don't make many supermarket trips it just seems like a waste of time and effort as our weekly roadside recycling works well at present. Our glass milk bottles get collected by the milkman and just a few cans and plastic bottles go in the recycling each week.

The Norwegian system

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42953038

 I don't think there would be any advantage for me as I am already a conscientious recycler. Our recycling goes into a pink sack and I am well aware that some neighbours don't ever put out a pink sack! 

Reading the link provided by Oneputt it seems the likes of Aldi, Lidl and Coca Cola don't cooperate in such schemes in Germany, would it be the same here?

David

We are conscientious recyclers  and currently have 4 recycling bins and 1 paper recycling bag by our back door and our council appear to be very good at recycling and have invested heavily.

Supposing I end up having to recycle tin/glass/plastic by returning it to store etc, where is the shortfall in council revenue (made from recycling) come from? Presumably the Council Tax will go up and the massive investment councils made in recycling will be lost....Good one George! More wasted money.

I don't believe it will have any effect at all on the litter situation. 

I wonder how much tonnage of waste is involved looking at plastic bottles versus all types of plastic packaging? We have mountains of plastic waste at present which can't be recycled, it would be good to see plans to reduce the whole lot.

But you are going to the shops anyway not like you are having to go to a special place out of your way and you get money back on them.

That assumes that the shops that I use buy into the scheme of course. There is no benefit for recycling around here as folk already recycle.

Rates will always have to be paid  irrespective of this scheme, in fact this might stop them going up you never know 

It will make no difference as the LA will still collect tin cans, paper, glass and, of course, plastics including bottles as many will not bother to return bottles

It will make no difference as the LA will still collect tin cans, paper, glass and, of course, plastics including bottles as many will not bother to return bottles

Could make a nice little earner for a charity or two though. We already have one that collects our glass bottles every two weeks. They could add on plastic ones. If enough folk aren't bothered about returning them,  it could be a profitable venture.