Drinks bottles and can deposit return scheme proposedPeople in England will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks bottles and cans in a bid to boost recycling and cut waste. UK consumers use around 13 billion plastic drinks bottles a year but more than three billion are not recycled. Scotland has already announced plans for a deposit return scheme and Wales has launched a study to consider it. It may be asked to pick up the bill for the deposit return scheme. Ministers have visited deposit return schemes in several north European nations.