Plastic bottle recycling
When I went to London I was surprised at the fact that they throw all the plastic bottles away.
Think about large water bottles or soda bottles.
That's totally unlike the Netherlands where we hoard bottles like addicts.
Why you might ask?
Because they are worth money.
Every-time you buy a large plastic bottle in the Netherlands you pay a small extra fee.
You get this fee back when you bring back the bottles.
And this sure gets the Dutch savers heart beating faster!
In a lot of places you will find machines like this were you can feed the bottles into.
And at the end of it you press the green button to collect a recite you can then use in the store.
22 bottles equals 5,50 euro's!
Not bad right!
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Hello dear friend, it would be great if everyone had recycling machines, both plastic and glass, and that these would be a reward for many caregivers, but here this does not exist, only glass is recycled, and this is used only in the bottling of soft drinks nothing else, everything else is waste, and this is sad.
Canada is the same, except we don't have those cool little machines to deposit the bottle into. I currently am in Mexico and there is really no recycling at all ... bottles, cans, cardboard ... all of it goes in the garbage! It just kills me!
That is awesome and very interesting @exyle!
In South Africa we have added costs to our plastic grocery bags ('bout 50c) and although it's not expensive per bag, you quickly end up collecting bags, even though we can't get refunded for it.
In a similar fashion, we tend to keep our plastic containers - margarine tubs, yoghurt jars, ice cream tubs (and even sometimes plastic bottles too!), as these are certified to be microwave and dishwasher safe, which leads to saving on container budgets!
This is interesting,, Here, NYC, we need to throw pet bottle into a recycle box, but I heard most of them in a recycle box go to the same waste treatment center....
And I know Japan has almost the same situation.
Sad.
It's amazing how countries look at waste issues differently, how individual countries create incentives for recycling and others fail completely. However, I doubt that a bottle deposit is necessary for people to recycle their plastic bottles: in Switzerland, we do not pay for a bottle deposit, neither on plastic nor on glass bottles, and yet we have a recycling rate of 82% for plastic bottles. For glass, it should be similar high. The reason for this is probably that everywhere - at railway and bus stations, in shopping centers, offices, etc. - recycling containers are available. Alone the possibility of correct disposal combined with savings in chargeable house sweep are apparently sufficient as an incentive ...
This is genius @exyle you buy a big plastic bottle and you pay a small extra fee, but then you can get this small fee returned if you take back the bottles, its insane more places aren't doing this, many of the countries close to the Netherlands I have heard are the leading forces behind a greener planet.
I saw those machines for the first time when I went to Germany. They shred plastic bottles and metal cans for 25 euro cents each. I used to save bags of these and take them to the local Pennys market for my refund. We do not have these machines here in my state of Pennsylvania (USA) we sure could use them.
And in Our village There is a trap for the bottle doppen too they collect them and give them to the guidingdogs association Thats taking care off the environment and help the needy Getting a dog to help them in life I love that so much.
Here in Portugal is also No recycling!!’
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Recycling bottles is a great thing.
They should also start recycling the 0,5 bottles.
22 bottles equals 5,50 euro's!
Not bad!
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Haha, I was thinking the same!