This is a victory for people power. But most of all, it's an incredible victory for our environment. In the UK we use a shocking 38.5 million plastic bottles every day. Now, with a deposit scheme for plastic cans, bottles, glass and metal on its way, up to 95% of plastic bottles and drinks containers will be recycled.
Often it can feel hard to make a difference as just one person. But the beauty of working together is that when one voice is joined by millions more, we are more powerful than any of us could be on our own.
Read more about the news here:
BBC News: Drinks bottles and can deposit return scheme proposed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43563164