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YSK: "Exchange for Change" will be a bottle buy-back scheme in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland aiming for a October 2027 launch (exchangeforchange.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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There will be a flat 20p deposit on all eligible plastic and metal drinks containers. These deposits can be retrieved by returning containers to collection points at supermarkets.

The Welsh government want this to be devolved to them: https://exchangeforchange.co.uk/news/welsh-government-decision-on-exchange-for-changes-dmo-application/

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

A long overdue scheme. It's been around parts of Europe for twenty plus years. The best part is that if you're a lazy cunt and discard your bottle then it means someone else can profit. Hopefully it'll also keep the streets a little cleaner?

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[–] SleepingInTraffic@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Agreed.

I'm sure it used to be a thing in the past too, I remember my grandparents talking about taking bottles back to the shop. Before that my great grandmother used to get milk and orange juice from the milk float, then left the empties out for them to be washed and refilled.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Beer used to be distributed in earthen jugs, which remained brewery property and had to be returned. Same for milk bottles. The idea of buying the packaging as well as the product is fairly new.

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[–] SleepingInTraffic@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

An earthen jug of ale is definitely something I can get behind

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[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

That was a better scheme. That was only for glass bottles, as they were collected from the stores and reused.

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