Do you really think our poor, destitute government are going to fork out to put recycling machines on every Main Street in the country? I presume these machines have a receptacle behind them for the bottles....like an effing great skip. Space might be a problem, and who empties them?
Call me cynical, cause I am, but I'll believe it when I see it.
The machines on UK TV today that accompanied just about every report seem to crush the item. No reduction in your council tax as they still need to be "emptied" Probably save time as not having to collect from every house.
Packaging is a mindset. Who notices whether their six eggs come in a plastic box or a cardboard one. Who cares. So why aren't they all cardboard. It just needs a will.
I personally would put 50p on every item with the carrot of reducing it to say 20p when people actually stop throwing empties in becks, rivers, parks. The refund could then be 40p to get 10 p towards the capital cost of machines and later 18 p
I can see bottled water companies being the big losers. In Spain they have just introduced legislation to oblige bars,cafes, restaurants to provide free water . many in our area have been doing that for years anyway. Also the airports have to lower their astronomical charges for a bottle of water. Sell shares you hold in bottled water companies!
Do you think (regardless of which side you sit on re Brexit ) that there will be resistance purely because Gove is behind it?