This campaign would like a Deposit Return System in Scotland. A deposit return system means you pay a small deposit when you buy drink cans and bottles, which you get back when you return them. By increasing recycling and reducing litter, it would lead to a cleaner, green and more sustainable Scotland for us all. Look at these stats!
1. 37 countries or regions in the world have already introduced effective deposit return systems including Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Croatia, most of Canada, 10 US states and large areas of Australia.
2. Drinks packaging is responsible for 80-95% of the litter in our seas by volume or weight and 50% of litter on land.
3. Deposit returns achieves recycling rates of over 90%+ in places that have it. This leads to huge reductions in litter!
4. In Germany 98.5% of plastic bottles are recycled.
5. A Scottish poll in 2015 showed that nearly 79% of people in Scotland were strongly or somewhat supportive of a deposit return scheme.
If would like to find out more about the campaign, please go to www.haveyougotthebottle.org.uk
