To reduce littering, implement a recycling bounty on glass and cans.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Norway and Germany have a small increase in price added to drinks containers, which is refunded when the containers are returned for recycling. This returns the costs of recycling to the shops, not councils and can also benefit shop loyaly in the form of credit vouchers you recycling at that store.

According to The Guardian, the scheme has allowed Norway to recycle 97 percent of all its plastic bottles, with less than one percent ending up in the environment.

92 percent of the bottles recycled yield such high quality material, it can be used again in drink bottles. In some cases, the system has already reused the same material more than 50 times.

https://www.sciencealert.com/norway-s-recycling-scheme-is-so-effective-92-percent-of-plastic-bottles-can-be-reused

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

The Government has already announced its intention to establish a deposit return scheme. You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-for-drinks-containers-bottles-and-cans/outcome/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme-drs-in-england-wales-and-northern-ireland-executive-summary-and-next-steps

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Timeline

26 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
7 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Sep 2020

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