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The UK government’s announcement that it is considering introducing  in England is great news. Currently only 40 to 70 per cent of plastic bottles are recycled, .
Recycling can produce a lot of carbon dioxide but generally far less than making new plastic from scratch. According to one 2015 study, for instance, recycling 1 tonne of the PET plastic commonly used to make drinks bottles .
The downside is that…
