Major supermarkets express support for government’s draw but key issues,including who would pay for it, remain unclear
The UK retail industry has warned it could cost £1bn to implement the government’s draw to charge deposits on drinks cans and bottles.
Britain’s biggest supermarkets signalled a willingness to work with the environment secretary, and Michael Gove,on the scheme, which would result in consumers in England getting the deposit back if they returned the empty drinks containers to stores. Related: Bottle and can deposit return scheme gets green light in England Related: The plastics crisis is more urgent than you know. Recycling bottles wont fix it | John Vidal Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com