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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)
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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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[–] 3 points 5 months ago

So if I understand this scheme right, a standard 6 pack of cans are going to cost £1.20 more and I am going to have to collect them and store them separately to the other 4 separated rubbish categories I already have.

Then lug them all to a collection point to get the deposit back instead of placing them in my recycling that I already pay the council to collect every (other) week anyway.

Great, just great, how convenient.

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