oowee Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Time to get out and collect anything you see in the fields. At 15p a container 200 will be an easy £30 What happens with all the existing recycling facilities if we all start using return vending facilities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPP Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 That’s what I was wondering too. I guess they will switch to other types of recycling.. presumably though they are funded in part by selling recycled products so does the tax payer now make up the shortfall? That bit was conveniently overlooked by press.. Having said that, a good idea and way overdue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) Where are they going to put them and who is going to pay for them are two questions that come readily to mind. The money you get back will be paid for by a surcharge when you buy the drinks but all those empty bottles are going to take up a lot of space storing them for collection. Edited March 28, 2018 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 I remember the old days when you could only buy pop in glass bottles and these always had a returnable deposit on them. No problems and the system always worked well and no rubbish all over the place as we have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPP Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Where are they going to put them and who is going to pay for them are two questions that come readily to mind. Drinks industry foots the total bill apparently.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, das said: I remember the old days when you could only buy pop in glass bottles and these always had a returnable deposit on them. No problems and the system always worked well and no rubbish all over the place as we have now. Yes but in those days they wanted the empties back to refill them. Life was simpler back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Should be a £1 then they will be returned people won' give a monkey over 15p ,it was ten p 40 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 We, like most other kids of our generation, used to scour the hedgerows and litterbins for bottles to recoup the returns money. I'm not sure this will apply this time however, but it would be good if it did as we may get the hedgerows and roadsides clear if there's an incentive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 The other question is will the return be the same as the "deposit" or will the whole thing become another money making scheme for someone, probably either the stores or the government, if it is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) Nobody else go to the back of the offy, grab a handful of cider bottles and take them back in for the deposit.? I know, I was a horribly resourceful child? Edited March 28, 2018 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okrang Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, turbo33 said: Nobody else go to the back of the offy, grab a handful of cider bottles and take them back in for the deposit.? I know, I was a horribly resourceful child? That's exactly what we used to do! I thought we were the only ones to think of that scam! Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Okrang said: That's exactly what we used to do! I thought we were the only ones to think of that scam crime! Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Depends if its recycled or if its reused, in finland the bottles are heavy duty and are cleaned and re filled, still have a couple as they make great drinks bottles that you can replace the cap on when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 What brilliant idea, amazing the person who thought of the idea needs a medal. It was probably his grandad who came up with it, hadn't we used to do that years ago. Bunch of jobs worths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 The recycle bottles will have a single use barcode to claim the refund so unfortunately old bottles in the hedgerow are valueless (& usually full of unwanted bodily fluids!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 The idea I believe is to drive a return to glass bottles, glass gets pulverised and used as aggregate in building blocks so that makes the grade as recycled and fills the quota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Vince Green said: The idea I believe is to drive a return to glass bottles I hate plastic bottles, always seem to taste the plastic when drinkig from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 If you collected all the ones off the Chester bypass you'd be a multi millionaire. The litter on all roads is a national disgrace but the Chester bypass is beyond words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Beer bottles as well. The lorry which delivered the full ones took away the empty ones for re-use. What I would have thought to be an excellent economic system. Blackpowder 11 hours ago, rovercoupe said: Depends if its recycled or if its reused, in finland the bottles are heavy duty and are cleaned and re filled, still have a couple as they make great drinks bottles that you can replace the cap on when needed. Be careful, I know someone who drank stale water from a plastic bottle which rendered him severely ill. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 13 hours ago, das said: I remember the old days when you could only buy pop in glass bottles and these always had a returnable deposit on them. No problems and the system always worked well and no rubbish all over the place as we have now. I remember Barr bottles, back to the corner shop like you had won a prize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 15 hours ago, muncher said: Should be a £1 then they will be returned people won' give a monkey over 15p ,it was ten p 40 years ago. 50 odd years ago it used to be 3d so a £1 should be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 16 hours ago, turbo33 said: Nobody else go to the back of the offy, grab a handful of cider bottles and take them back in for the deposit.? I know, I was a horribly resourceful child? Yup. But soda siphons were the most profitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 On 3/28/2018 at 21:10, turbo33 said: Nobody else go to the back of the offy, grab a handful of cider bottles and take them back in for the deposit.? I know, I was a horribly resourceful child? You naughty boy, i hope you have grown up to be a pillar of the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmick Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I agree that the plastic problem needs addressing. But as there is no market for the plastic that gets into the recycling bins at the moment. Apart from putting the cost of drinks up and filling the government coffers how would this solve anything. It will still end up in the ground as landfill never to degrade or in the incinerator polluting the air. I also do not believe it will reduce the amount of these that litter my hedgerows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 PLASTIC ROADS fill the potholes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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