Boris Johnson gets a stern warning not to drop plans for a deposit on glass bottles – by a charity backed by his wife Carrie
- Boris Johnson has been give a stern warning not to give into industry lobbying
- The stark warning has come from a charity backed by his wife Carrie Symonds
- PM was told going back on pledge would put eco-commitment in ‘serious doubt’
Boris Johnson has been given a stern warning not to give in to industry lobbying and drop plans for a deposit on glass bottles – by a charity backed by his wife Carrie.
The PM was told that going back on his manifesto pledge would put his commitment to the environment ‘in serious doubt’.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, of which both Carrie Johnson and the PM’s father Stanley are patrons, said it would be a ‘catastrophic U-turn’.
The Mail has long called for a deposit return scheme to encourage people to take back recyclable bottles.
The 2019 Tory manifesto promised to ‘introduce a deposit return scheme to incentivise people to recycle plastic and glass’.
Boris Johnson has been given a stern warning not to give in to industry lobbying and drop plans for a deposit on glass bottles – by a charity backed by his wife Carrie
Ministers are still consulting on how the scheme – which could come in by 2024 – will work.
But the glass industry and supermarkets are lobbying for glass to be exempt from the plan, under which a refundable deposit of about 20p would be charged.
The letter from the Foundation, published in The Times, said: ‘Ripping up a clear manifesto commitment by omitting glass bottles would represent a catastrophic U-turn that our natural spaces can ill afford.’
It said that more than 30 per cent of glass bottles are not recycled in the UK.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, of which both Carrie Johnson (pictured at an environmental rally in 2019) and the PM’s father Stanley are patrons, said it would be a ‘catastrophic U-turn’
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