Deposit return scheme must be 'all in', campaigners say

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Countryside campaigners urge the government to include drinks containers of all sizes and materials in its planned deposit return scheme

Millions of drinks containers would still end up littering the UK countryside if industry succeeds in excluding in certain sizes and types of bottle from the government's planned Deposit Return Scheme...

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