Suburban Chimp - Finance & Social Commentary

When I was in Norway I noticed that in every supermarket there was a machine, which you could put in bottles etc to recycle in-store, plus you’d get money back for doing so. Virtually all Scandinavians recycle religiously, unfortunately with only 4.5 Million Norwegians, they will not make as much difference that 60 Million plus people in the UK could make if they decided to make a difference.

People complain that recycling is hard, too difficult, pointless etc, but more people are starting to do their bit regardless of the buffoonian few. My question is why are there these machines in the UK? I can’t recall seeing one anywhere I’ve been and I find that quite depressing.

When I was a child my gran used to take her ‘pop’ bottles back to the newsagents and get money back. When did we all become so rich and pig headed that we didn’t need to do this any more? Consumerism is out of control and there is a price (no real pun intended here) to be paid for it.

Nevertheless, apparently these machines ‘are’ in the UK, but I would like to see more and I urge everyone to write to their local superstore manager via email to tell them this.

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