Households paid to return plastic bottles to Asda, Tesco, Morrisons or Sainsbury’s

UK households will be paid to bring empty bottles back to their local supermarket to help slash the amount of plastic that goes to waste.

A new desposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans announced by the UK government aims to to "clean up Britain" by giving people a financial incentive to bring their empty containers back, instead of just throwing them away, reports Express.co.uk.

Households across the UK can return their empty bottles and cans to a collection point, which will be based at supermarkets such as Tesco , Asda , Morrisons and Sainsbury’s, so that the containers can be recycled.

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