Almost a year ago we went to Oslo with 5 Members of the Scottish Parliament, one from each Holyrood party, to look at the Norwegian deposit return system. It was a great trip and all five have taken a close interest in what Scotland’s deposit system will look like.
Read More..News & Updates
Cross Party support for Scotland’s deposit return system
July 12th, 2019
Fight for Scotland’s Nature!
June 14th, 2019
Here at Have You Got The Bottle? we’re fighting for Scotland’s nature. We know about the negative impacts that litter has on wildlife; from insects and small mammals getting stuck inside bottles, to seabirds and creatures feeding plastic to their young. Evidence suggests that more than 140,000 bottles and cans are littered in Scotland every single day. That’s why we’re delighted that the Scottish Government have committed to introducing a deposit return system for most PET plastic bottles, steel and aluminium cans, and glass bottles before the end of this parliamentary session.
Read More..What will Scotland’s deposit return system be like?
June 3rd, 2019
In May 2019, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform announced the details of Scotland’s deposit return system. The system will include PET plastic bottles (for example fizzy drinks and water bottles), glass bottles and steel/aluminium drinks cans. All drinks that come in those container types will be included, both soft drinks […]
Read More..DEPOSIT RETURN: SCOTLAND SETS THE PACE FOR THE UK
May 8th, 2019
Environmental campaigners today welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of the scope of Scotland’s deposit return system. Ministers have confirmed that glass, cans and some plastic containers will be covered, but other plastics and materials such as tetrapaks and pouches are not to be included initially. The deposit will be set at 20p for all containers, and retailers of all sizes will be paid by the system to accept returns.
Read More..Scotland’s deposit return system will mean we see less glass, plastic and cans in the places we love
A guest post by MCS
April 22nd, 2019Catherine from the Marine Conservation Society tells us:
“As well as cleaning beaches, we also survey what we find. This means we know exactly what type of litter, and how each of each item is turning up. We’ve been doing this for twenty six years, so we have a quarter of a century’s worth of data that we can use to push for policy change. We want policies that will stop litter from getting to the beach in the first place.
The Marine Conservation Society has been a huge supporter of a deposit return system for Scotland. We were founding members of the Have You Got The Bottle? campaign because over the last twenty five years, our members have been finding bottles, both glass and plastic, as well as metal drinks cans. After doing a bit of research, and visiting countries that have these systems in place, we’ve seen how successful they are at increasing recycling rates, so that less is getting littered and ending up in our oceans and on our beaches.
Support from our volunteers is phenomenal, and it just shows the passion people have to get rid of these items and why we’re really excited that Scotland’s deposit return system will hopefully mean these volunteers see less glass, plastic and cans in the places that they really care about.”
Deposit return will be a popular intervention in Scotland
A guest post by Whitmuir Farm
April 20th, 20198 years ago, Whitmuir the Organic Place worked with the Scottish Government to run a deposit return pilot.”Our customers were really supportive of it. I can’t believe it’s taken this long to get to this point. The Government really needs to make this happen soon, because it’ll be a really popular intervention.”
Read More..The number of cans, bottles and single use drinks containers we find in the street is incredible
A guest post by Leithers Don’t Litter
April 19th, 2019Zsuzsa and Gerry from Leithers Don’t Litter tell us:
“The number of cans, bottles and single use drinks containers we find in the street is incredible! And it gives the lie to industry’s claim that it’s all being well recycled. Well, it’s clearly not. They say that kerbside recycling is working well. If it works so well, why do we keep finding so many bottles lying around? In a two minute litter pick in Leith, we found 30 cans and glass bottles. We need a system where people will actively want to return their empties, so it just becomes a routine part of life.
We really want to encourage the Government to have a world leading system that includes all single-use drinks containers.”
Scotland’s deposit return system is really important because of climate change
A guest post by Friends of the Earth Scotland
April 17th, 2019Richard Dixon from Friends of the Earth Scotland tells us, ‘wasting lots of plastic, glass and aluminium is really bad for climate change because it takes lots of energy to create these materials and then we simply throw them away and they become a problem.
A huge boost in recycling for glass, plastic and aluminium will mean a large saving in energy, and that’s a large saving in climate change emissions.
Scotland tries to be a leading nation on climate change, and a deposit return system will help us to do that when it comes to our use of materials.”
Deposit return will benefit my business when it starts on a national scale
A guest post by Shads Supermarket
April 17th, 2019Today we hear from Ferhan Ashiq of Shads Supermarket LLP, on why he’s backing deposit return for Scotland. “Climate Change is a massive concern for me and I want to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. I have a trial reverse vending machine in my shop, and at the moment I’m doing it to make the community more aware. Deposit return will benefit my business further down the line, when the national system is in place and the money for the deposits is coming back from the system operator”.
Glass, cans and plastic washes up on beaches in the Firth of Forth
A guest post by Scottish Wild Land Group
April 15th, 2019Glass, cans and plastic washes up on beaches in the Firth of Forth. That’s why Scottish Wild Land Group want a deposit return system that includes all materials.
“We can also see how a more circular economy would bring employment to Scotland as well as help us to conserve our resources. All effort adds up to a big change.”
