Local charities could receive £1 billion in deposits from cans and bottles

One in five people (20%) using a UK-wide deposit return system would donate deposits they’d paid on drinks cans and bottles to charity all of the time, according to a new survey carried out by ICM Unlimited and published on 30 May by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). This could result in annual donations of more than £1 billion to good causes. A further 19% of respondents said they would donate their deposits most of the time, and more than a third (34%) would donate at least some…

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