A point I will make on the bottle recycling point that is rife here in the UK is in pubs and bars - obviously you would expect these establishments to create a large amount of bottle-waste. However in the goverments (local or national - I am not point specific fingers) do not provide commercially logical options for suitable disposal. Firstly, these businesses pay their rates like they should do, I will not comment as to whether these are too high or too low. Secondly, the councils do not provide recycling facilities for these businesses - recycling bins, pick-ups etc, then only have waste-skips which take waste to land-fill. Thirdly, if the pubs and bars want to dispose of the bottled waste for recycling they cannot use the local tips because these are for non-commercial uses. So what option do the publicans have? They throw the bottles into council provided skips and the waste goes to landfill - I just don't get it.
Btw, when I was in my youth I loved returning my empty bottle of Cream Soda for my 5p, which ended up in my savings jar. I bought half a Mega-Drive game with that money!!
Dave
Btw, when I was in my youth I loved returning my empty bottle of Cream Soda for my 5p, which ended up in my savings jar. I bought half a Mega-Drive game with that money!!
Dave