LARGE MAJORITY IN FAVOUR OF NEW CABINET'S DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME LAW

More than seventy per cent of the population believes that the current government has done too little to combat litter from cans and bottles. No deposit system will be introduced "because the business community does not want it," the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) states on its website. Almost eighty per cent of Dutch people do not find that a good reason. Research by TNS-NIPO further shows that support for the introduction of a deposit system on cans and bottles has increased further over the past month. The study was conducted among a representative group of almost 2,500 people, commissioned by the Recycling Netwerk, a coalition of eleven environmental organisations. The new research results show that most Dutch people want a deposit system to be introduced for cans and bottles in our country as well, just like in Germany. This support cuts right across political parties. For all parties, seventy per cent or more of their voters are in favour of deposits. Furthermore, almost seventy per cent of people now also believe that a deposit system on bottles and cans should be made compulsory. The next cabinet should introduce this. So far, the CDA and VVD have jointly opposed such a compulsory deposit system. Only a minority of their own voters appear to agree with this. The environmental movement wants to call on a new cabinet to introduce a deposit system as soon as possible. Robbert van Duin of the Recycling Netwerk: 'We feel strengthened by this broad support for a deposit system. And we expect that there will now be a government that will do what its voters want.' Click here for the TNS-NIPO research report and the accompanying tables..