Aberdeen councillor, SNP deputy leader Kevin Stewart, is suggesting that shoppers buying drinks in glass bottles should be made to pay a deposit, a move which could improve recycling rates. After a trip to Denmark organised by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the results showed that people in Denmark recycle 32% of what they throw away, as well as having strict rules on packaging for food and other goods. Danish shoppers pay a deposit of between one and three Kronas on bottles, which they get back when they return the empties to the shop. Moreover, no drinks are sold in aluminium cans. Stewart said: "There were some interesting ideas there. We used to have the deposit system for bottles in Scotland and I think it is something we should be reintroducing. On average a bottle in Denmark is used 30 times.
