(yet) Another tax on the way

**kaiser78** · 2 October 2017, 19:48

Why is this a tax ?

**BrilloPad** · 2 October 2017, 19:50

Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

Why is this a tax ?

If you are too lazy to reclaim your deposit it costs more.

Can't we just go back to glass?

**Paddy** · 2 October 2017, 19:55

Originally posted by RSoles View Post

Michael Gove suggests plastic bottle deposit scheme - BBC News

It works fine in NL. They use thicker plastic. At old client co the used bottles went back into the delivery crates.
At the supermarkets you drop the bottles into a machine that gives you a receipt for the refund.

At the village shop near my villa, they keep ice cold bottle beer in the display fridge, although there is a theoretical deposit
for the bottles, I don't pay it because I return the bottles next visit.

**AtW** · 2 October 2017, 20:09

Tax, levy, duty, (sur)charge...

And now we'll have a "deposit scheme"

**BrilloPad** · 2 October 2017, 20:23

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Tax, levy, duty, (sur)charge...

And now we'll have a "deposit scheme"

It works for sperm banks.

**NotAllThere** · 2 October 2017, 20:24

Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

If you are too lazy to reclaim your deposit it costs more.

Can't we just go back to glass?

How is it a tax? The government doesn't get the money. The retailer does.

**BrilloPad** · 2 October 2017, 20:26

Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

How is it a tax? The government doesn't get the money. The retailer does.

The consumer ends up paying more. Well the feckless consumer does.

**Acme Thunderer** · 2 October 2017, 21:37

Well Overdue. As others have said its not a tax. Take the bottles back and you get your money back.

**AtW** · 2 October 2017, 21:54

It's a tax because Govt will force you to pay it, does not matter if the money go to charity or retailer.

(yet) Another tax on the way