Keep glass in Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme

Tell the Prime Minister to keep glass in Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme

The UK Government is trying to force Scotland to drop glass from our Deposit Return Scheme if any part of the recycling initiative is to be granted “permission” to go ahead.

This is a blatant attack on our environment and our democracy.

There are more than 50 can and bottle deposit schemes around the world, and the vast majority of them include glass. Over 550 million glass bottles are sold in Scotland every year. It makes no sense to exclude them.

The case is so strong that even the Tory Party used to embrace it. They had an unequivocal commitment to a scheme that included glass as part of the 2019 manifesto that every single Tory MP was elected on.

Email the Prime Minister today and tell him about the environmental necessity for including glass and the difference it would make.

Tell the Prime Minister to keep glass in Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme

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Dear Prime Minister

I write to express my huge concern and disappointment over reports that the UK Government is working to have glass excluded from Scotland’s proposed Deposit Return Scheme.

There are more than 50 schemes operating around the world, delivering demonstrable environmental and economic benefits through a circular economy driven by such habit forming activity. The vast majority of these schemes include glass.

For the UK not to include glass in its schemes, and not to seize the opportunity in Scotland to set the precedent, would be an environmental travesty as you have already been warned by campaigners including Greenpeace, Keep Britain Tidy and Marine Conservation Society.

Major retailers including AG Barr, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Britvic Soft Drinks, along with small and large retailers, have invested millions of pounds in preparations.

You, Prime Minister, have the opportunity to prove yourself as an environmental leader by doing the right thing. Read the science, listen to the experts and heed the demands of the next generation of voters by ensuring glass is included from the start.

Not to do so would be both environmentally and economically damaging, and would only delay its inevitable introduction in future. We are running out of time. I urge you, for the sake of our planet, not to lose your bottle.

Yours sincerely

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