The British Retail Consortium (BRC) claims a nationwide DRS could cost £1.8billion a year, plus the expense of establishing the required recycling infrastructure, and it suggested the industry will pass on these costs to customers through higher prices.
That doesn't make it a bad idea, or mean that the scheme shouldn't go ahead, if we are really serious about pollution in the enviroment.
Scotland has already been forced to delay the introduction of its scheme until 2025 under pressure from businesses and a dispute with the UK government on how it should operate.
I took a walk along a canal a week or so ago, and the unsightly plastic bottles floating around in the water or discarded in the grass of the local park really showed up our throwaway society. It wasn't for lack of rubbish bins, either. Since we can't seem to educate people to not do this, then this makes sense, no matter how much the supermarkets whine.
It worked years ago - surely we can make it work now?
