This statistic displays the support of customers for supermarkets hosting deposit return schemes for in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. These schemes are for the return of plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans. Of those interviewed, 86 percent supported deposit return schemes in supermarkets.
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Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?*
* Question originally phrased as: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about supermarkets? Supermarkets should be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans."
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Populus, & Greenpeace. (June 1, 2018). Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, und Greenpeace. "Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?*." Chart. June 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, Greenpeace. (2018). Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, and Greenpeace. "Should Supermarkets Be Supporting and Hosting Deposit Return Schemes for Plastic Bottles, Glass Bottles and Drinks Cans?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus & Greenpeace, Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited July 05, 2025)
Should supermarkets be supporting and hosting deposit return schemes for plastic bottles, glass bottles and drinks cans?* [Graph], Populus, & Greenpeace, June 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/973721/supermarket-deposit-return-scheme-support-united-kingdom-uk/
