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Talking Rubbish - The Recycling Podcast
113. Why can't we just make deposit return digital?
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What if you could get your 20p deposit back without ever leaving the house? This week, we explore digital deposit return and why the seemingly simple idea of scanning a bottle or can and putting it in your recycling bin gets complicated very quickly. We look at the challenges of making DRS digital, the trials already taking place around the world, and whether the UK could be building one of the last generations of manual deposit return systems. Plus, are swimming caps rubbish or not, what hap...