LONDON: Britain on Wednesday announced plans for consumers to pay a deposit on plastic bottles as part of a broader push to tackle pollution. The government will introduce a charge on plastic, glass and metal single use drinks containers sold in England, the environment ministry said. The move is aimed at cutting the amount of waste produced in Britain – including an estimated 13 billion plastic drinks bottles annually. “It is absolutely vital we act now to tackle this threat and curb the millions of plastic bottles a day that go unrecycled,” said environment minister Michael Gove. “We want to take action on plastic bottles to help clean up our oceans,” he added.

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 23:37 UTC