January 27th, 2017
Greenpeace have highlighted their concerns at the amount of rubbish that ends up in our oceans. In response to this concern, they conducted a poll showing that 78% of respondents in Scotland support the introduction of a deposit return system. While there is resistance from Coca-cola, the people of Scotland can show their support by signing this petition.
January 27th, 2017
The Daily Mail have highlighted the estimation that in the United Kingdom, 15 million bottles a day are thrown away after only one use. They support the introduction of a deposit return system, and highlight continuing public support from a wide variety of people, including HRH The Prince of Wales.
January 27th, 2017
This short video explains how eating seafood may now mean eating plastic!
January 27th, 2017
John Ryler, head of Sky News, was made aware of the scale of the ocean plastics problem by his son who is a marine biologist. You can read this story in full here.
January 26th, 2017
Sky News have this week launched a campaign that aims to inspire and encourage people to act now on the issue of marine litter. Their Ocean Rescue campaign began with the Plastic Tide documentary, that highlights the problem. They go on to show their support for deposit return systems and highlight celebrities such as Richard Branson and HRH, The Prince of Wales who support their introduction in the United Kingdom.
This short video gives a great explanation of how deposit return systems work.
The campaign has already drawn widespread interest and highlighted active opposition to the introduction of a deposit return system from Coca-cola.
October 11th, 2016
The Herald today published this great opinion piece from former Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP in support of a deposit return system for Scotland.
Read More..June 14th, 2016
The Marine Conservation Society’s Sea Champion Andrea is a Swede living and studying in beautiful Scotland. Here she tells us about how the bottle deposit scheme back home is working.
May 23rd, 2016
Alasdair Steele, who represents Surfers Against Sewage in Edinburgh traveled to Norway to find out more about deposit return systems for bottles. Here he explains how all of his questions were answered, and he left Oslo with the conclusion that “deposit return systems definitely work, and there is really no reason not to have them”.
Read More..May 16th, 2016
Ilona Amos explains how some shocking facts about marine litter inspired her to take on the challenge of giving up single use plastics for a month. Read about her attempts here.
April 28th, 2016
Three of the five political parties sitting in the 2011-2016 Scottish Parliament have included in their manifestos pledges on deposit return. This is an encouraging sign that the public support for a Scottish deposit return system has been noted.
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