Above from Scottish ‘experts’ and below from the Scottish Parliament:
As of 2017, more than a quarter of a billion people live in places which run modern deposit return systems. The newest system is Lithuania’s, introduced in February 2016, with New South Wales scheduled to introduce deposits later in 2017.
A refundable deposit payable on drinks containers is not a new idea. An earlier version of this approach was introduced in 1905 in Scotland, when drinks manufacturers came together to agree a half penny deposit on empty bottles. Although this simple system worked well for refillable bottles for more than 50 years, proposals to extend it to cover single use cans and plastic bottles were defeated in Westminster in 1981.
http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Environment/General%20Documents/20170530_Have_you_got_the_bottle.pdf
And, from the Department For Environment Food and Rural Affairs:
If introduced, we anticipate that a DRS will help reduce the amount of littering in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, boost recycling levels for relevant material, offer the enhanced possibility to collect high quality materials in greater quantities and promote recycling through clear labelling and consumer messaging.
Does the Scheme Threaten Scotland’s Progress on Child Obesity?
SNP Government acts again to stem obesity increases and avoid UK ‘crisis’
From news.gov.scot today: Children and young people across Scotland will benefit from funding of £1.7 million to support health boards deliver new standards for weight management services. The investment comes after NHS Health Scotland published standards for weight management services…
Research on obesity in Scotland wrongly based on estimates and ignoring improvements due to Scottish Government policies
Cancer Research UK has produced a report suggesting that obesity is causing more cases of cancers than smoking dose. The report is all over UK and Scottish media, but the Scottish figures are only estimates based on a simple proportion…
In less than a year Reporting Scotland has lied openly about at least school exclusions, crime gangs, obesity, infant school tests, hospital infections and violent crime
Going back to only June 2018, we can see a litany of lies from Reporting Scotland on, for example only, school exclusions, crime gangs, obesity, hospital infections and most recently on violent crime. On June 4, 2018, I wrote on…
Scottish mortuaries to install larger fridges amid morbid-obesity crisis in England and Wales?
The corpse of a typically obese person doesn’t require a larger fridge but a morbidly obese one does. The lady on the right, above, is morbidly obese and the man on the left might be. I’m 5 feet and 10…
Are 547 000 000 outdoor trips, up 38%, helping to reduce obesity in Scotland?
Border Terrier attempts to drag Mrs Prof into sea to begin triathlon training According to Scottish National Heritage (SNH), the number of outdoor trips made by Scots, including English, Polish, Pakistani, Chinese and other Scots, increased from 396 million to…
Second study reveals obesity in decline in Scotland (40% in boys) with government policies credited
As BBC Scotland scarily headline untested new method to measure obesity, a second research report shows obesity among Scottish children is in decline and is already significantly lower than that in non-Scottish parts of UK with Scottish Government policies once…
‘Scottish’ Daily Express fake news on obesity
There’s evidence and there’s evidence in the debate about obesity. There’s ‘research’ by a company manufacturing a natural alternative sweetener, NatVia, sold in competition with cane sugar. There’s research by Atomik who provide ‘business insights that support decisions’ and ‘research…
BBC Scotland once more hide SNP Government’s policy success to create scare on obesity in women
‘Experts predict Scottish women less likely to be obese than those in England and Wales’ ‘BBC Scotland try to scare Scottish women with fears of obesity’ Combined male/female figures https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/morbid-obesity-double-britain-poverty-education-employment-study-a8369731.html At 06:26am and repeated six times throughout the morning: ‘Cancer…
BBC Scotland on obesity: My complaint, their tiny grudging acceptance
On 20th of June 2018, I wrote: ‘New research suggests that more than 1 in 3 women in Scotland will be morbidly obese, that’s at least 100 pounds above their ideal weight, by 2035. The research presented today in Vienna…
Talking-up Scotland 
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