People will be able to earn cash from recycling plastic bottles and drinks cans at ‘reverse’ vending machines at shops and supermarkets under new plans.
The government has proposed that a deposit return scheme be introduced in England which would enable residents to take qualifying bottles and cans to machines in shops and receive a payment per item.
The concept of earning money for recycling your own plastic bottles and cans is a familiar one in Europe, with almost all German supermarkets containing specialised machines for the task.
