Plastic bottle deposits ‘best way to clean up our oceans’
A DEPOSIT scheme for plastic bottles would be the most effective way to tackle ocean pollution, a study argues.
Plastic from bottles is said to be responsible for one-third of the total found on beaches or in the seas – where it is eaten by fish and ends up on our plates.
The Green Alliance, an environmental think-tank and charity, argues introducing a deposit and refund system in the UK could ensure 95 per cent of plastic bottles are collected and recycled. The study will fuel the momentum for the introduction of a bottle deposit scheme, similar to those that operate in Germany and much of Scandinavia.
The Daily Mail has campaigned for a crackdown on the tide of plastic bottles polluting Britain.
The Green Alliance study said: ‘The Government should listen, introduce a bottle deposit scheme, and enforce rules on sources of industrial waste. This would address two-thirds of the UK’s marine plastic problem.’