More than 980 million containers have been returned during the first year of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). Launched on February 1 last year, the scheme reduced the littering of plastic bottles and ...
Currently, about 10 percent of beverage bottles are converted from used ones. Difficulties in removing dirt and impurities from the used bottles are largely responsible for the low rate.
But around the world, nearly a million plastic beverage bottles are sold every minute. 4. Avoid plastic packaging. Buy bar soap instead of liquid. Buy in bulk. Avoid produce sheathed in plastic.