France’s “Europe Times” recently reported that in order to curb the production of plastic waste, the United Kingdom plans to implement a plastic bottle deposit system, hoping to reduce the amount of garbage and stimulate the mass recovery. Consumers pay a deposit when they buy a drink, once the plastic bottle or Aluminium can be returned when the deposit is collected.
According to the BBC, the scope of this policy is expected to include disposable glass bottles, plastic bottles, steel products and aluminum cans. The implementation details and deposit amount are yet to be determined. The marine ecology documentary produced by BBC' Blue Planet 2' Photographs of marine organisms eating plastic screens, triggering the British government to implement a plastic reduction policy.
Michael Gove, the British Minister of the Environment, said that plastics will undoubtedly cause a "catastrophic" damage to the marine environment, be thrown on the road, bottles and cans, and eventually flow into rivers, lakes and oceans. He said, 'We need to change our attitude and behavior. Evidence shows that the rewards and rewards mechanism will make a big difference'.
According to reports, British consumers use about 13 billion plastic beverage bottles each year, but more than 3 billion plastic bottles have not been recycled. Scotland has now implemented a deposit refund system. Similar policies have achieved a large amount of plastic recycling when implemented in the Nordic countries. Increased results.
The decision of the British government was strongly supported by the environmental protection organizations, but the industry was concerned that the deposit would cause beverage prices to rise and would be unfavorable. Beverage makers may also have to pay for the deposit refund incentive system in the future. The beverage industry currently only needs to pay 28 billion pounds (about RMB). 246.31 billion yuan) 10% of local government waste treatment fees.