Four-fifths of small plastic bottles returned one year into scheme

Around 80% of plastic bottles are now returned for reuse or recycling, a year after a deposit scheme began for small bottles, reports NOS. Citing research from rubbish group De Zwerfinator in 66 municipalities, however, it says that there are still five plastic bottles discarded in every five square kilometre of public space. A year ago, the government’s aim was that 90% of bottles would be returned, and Raymond Gianotten of Statiegeld Nederland, the deposit organisation, said he was ‘not

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