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Originally Posted by MTVN
So if you're a little shop and someone turns up with a truckload of old bottles and cans they've found they'll be obliged to refund the 20p on every one and find a means of recycling them themselves? Will they have a means of claiming that money back?  the decision not to exempt small retailers is a bit cruel, making them pay the price for the laziness of people to recycle themselves |
If it's a "deposit" then the intention is that the 20p is charged as extra (e.g. a 70p can is now 90p) and is set aside and only given back when a can is returned. So the 20p is just "held" by the retailer, it's never part of their own funds. One assumes that the government gets the "fee" after a while if the item is never returned. You would HOPE that any funds gathered in that way go to environmental initiatives.