CIRCULAR ECONOMY“ In principle, if we’ re collecting these materials at reverse vending machines, they’ re going to be kept separate material streams to start with. They don’ t crosscontaminate, they shouldn’ t get wet.”
Adam argues that these benefits might be over-exaggerated in some contexts:“ Commentators would probably argue that the analysis that’ s been done around DRS has been loaded in favour of DRS. For example, most of the 20,000 responses to the consultation on DRS originally were from campaign groups and their members on an anti-litter message.
“ I’ m not arguing that a DRS wouldn’ t stop some of that litter. But I think the evidence was perhaps stretched to
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provide a very strong public feeling that there was a lot of cost on public amenity and wellbeing caused by litter that would be solved by a deposit return scheme.“ We’ re asking most of the public to undo behaviours that have been learnt over 20 years. Until we roll it out, we really won’ t know whether firstly, the £ 0.20 is enough incentive, and second whether we’ ve overestimated just how willing the British public are to make more effort to recycle.”
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