Drinks manufacturers should start charging 50 cents deposits on bottles next year, to encourage consumers to hand them in, according to government inspectors in Tuesday’s FD. The measure, the paper says, would be one way of avoiding the €250 million fine that the industry faces if it fails to meet recycling targets next year. The suggestion is contained in a confidential letter sent by the inspectors to Verpact, the agency charged with organizing recycling efforts. Large plastic bottles... Read this story
