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UK 'could adopt Norway recycling system'
A Scandinavian system for recycling bottles is thought likely to be adopted in the UK. Advisers to government say the schemes have massively reduced plastic litter in the environment and seas. And a ministerial delegation has been to Norway to see if the UK should copy an industry-led scheme that recycles 98% of bottles. In the UK, figures show that only around half of all plastic bottles get recycled.
Norway claims to offer the most cost-efficient way of tackling plastic litter. The Norwegian government decided the best method would be to put a tax on every bottle that's not recycled - then leave the operating details of the scheme up to business.
It works like this: the consumer pays a deposit on every bottle, from 10p to 25p depending on size. They return it empty and post it into a machine which reads the barcode and produces a coupon for the deposit. If the careless consumer has left liquid in the bottle, the machine eats it anyway - but hands the deposit to the shopkeeper who'll need to empty the bottle.
Similar schemes are in operation in other Nordic nations, Germany, and some states in the US and Canada.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 07 2018, @07:03PM (1 child)
Consumers put their trash (sometimes with recyclables mixed in, sometimes separated) out in the street the night before trash pickup.
Entrepreneurs (I'm sure they're quite well off, they just dress poorly as they're dealing with rubbish) come down the streets and remove any bottles/cans that can be redeemed for the US$0.05 deposit, as well as anything else they find "of value." Unfortunately, a few are less diligent about replacing the actual rubbish back into the bags after removing the bottles/cans.
I'm guessing these folks drive fancy cars and live in big houses, because diligence and hard work (and rooting though the trash of others is definitely hard work) will *always* make you rich in the this country.
As I keep hearing, the only ones who are poor are lazy and shiftless, which is why they're parasites. If those lazy scum would just work hard like those millionaires who make sure our bottles and cans were recycled, we wouldn't have any poverty. Amirite?
[Apparently, some folks around here have zero sense of humor or are too dumb to understand sarcasm when they read it. Just so those folks know, there's snark throughout the above post. And you're welcome.]
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:21AM
I think someone stole the snarl and left the poor taste behind