Taking the collaborative approach to recycling
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A bottle tax could spell bad news for consumers and business, argues Ewan MacDonald-Russell, Scottish Retail Consortium head of policy and external affairs.
Many readers will have happy memories of spending childhood summers collecting Irn-Bru bottles to claim back a few pennies. It’s a great reminiscence, conveying sunshine and a simpler time.
It’s that memory most people think of when they are asked about whether Scotland should look again at introducing a deposit return system. When the idea is suggested, with that context, many members of the public ask who could possibly be against that.
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