The Rubbish Removal Blight Caused By Tipped Plastic Bottles
Tipped plastic bottles are an environmental nightmare and create a major rubbish removal blight across the landscape. Plastic debris kills more than one hundred million marine mammals every year and more than half of all oceanic plastic is plastic bottles. Keep in mind too that recyclable plastic bottles are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This petroleum material does not biodegrade. Instead, it breaks down into tiny nano sized plastic particles that absorb toxins and then get incorporated into our soils and water. So, when these PET bottles are not returned for recycling, they can cause a variety of health problems for both people and wildlife. In many countries, deposit return schemes are being used to entice people to actually recycle their plastic bottles rather than tossing them in the rubbish removal bins. These are essentially a refundable "bottle tax" or "bottle deposit" where the consumer is charged a certain amount extra for just the plastic b