Bussiness
All plastic bottle caps to be ‘tethered’ from next month
All plastic bottle caps will all be “tethered” from next month, the Department of Environment has confirmed.
The initiative, which prevents the separation of the cap from the container, has already irritated many consumers – but it’s here to stay, extending to all plastic bottles from July 3.
The new system is the latest effort by the Government to reduce plastic waste, under the EU ‘single use plastics’ directive.
A spokesperson for the Department of the Environment says these caps account for about 15% of packaging litter and are particularly harmful to wildlife.
As of June 1, only containers displaying the Re-turn logo can be legally sold to consumers.
The Deposit Return Scheme has seen a consistent increase in weekly average return rates since it was launched on February 1.
The scheme is now averaging 2.5m containers returned daily, a significant rise from the 2m containers returned in the entire month of February.
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