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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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.

Yea but that assumes everyone will be returning them to the retailer they bought them from whereas people here are talking about the possibility of kids and homeless people collecting the bottles and returning them anywhere..

Better idea imo would be just to have large retailers subscribed to this scheme and have designated shops which are large enough to accommodate bulk returns quite easily