I am pleased that the first-everbottlebankwas placed in my constituency in 1970, hence the 25-year recycling history.
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Is it worth going to the brownbottlebankor do we cause more trouble by driving there in the first place?
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I am lucky: mybottlebankis the local pub and that is my excuse for going there.
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We take the bottles to thebottlebank.
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The scheme currently operates in 256 towns and cities, and there are now 545 specialbottlebanksites in use.
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The termbottlebankis a misnomer, but the industry is stuck with it.
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A collection point for bottles has been established, from where they will be taken to abottlebankas necessary.
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He said that the glass industry has been very reluctant to enter into thebottlebankscheme because of the expense involved.
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They recognise the need to conserve resources, and this recognition led them to launch thebottlebankscheme in 1977.
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They have to be sorted and taken to thebottlebank.
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There may or may not be a localbottlebankor a place where tins can be disposed of.
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One has to take bottles to thebottlebank; one takes cans to be crushed; and one takes paper to be disposed of.
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This is essential if there are to be growing markets for the materials that people take to thebottlebankor put out for separate collection.
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The householders have to take them to bottle banks, waste paper collection points, tin can collection points and so on.
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In fact, both "save a can" and bottle banks are planned to be expanded from their present levels.
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