Norway gets around 98% of its bottles and cans back, so what makes its deposit return scheme work so well? This week, we unpack a system that is technically voluntary, yet has become one of the most successful in the world. We explore the tax that gives producers a huge incentive to hit their targets, the thousands of places consumers can return their drinks containers, what happens to all those bottles and cans once they’re collected, and whether convenience, money or Norwegian culture is really the secret to getting almost everything back.

Plus, are oven gloves rubbish or not, which supermarket meal deal has the least packaging, how will yoghurt be packaged in our dream shop, and why do we owe Smint an apology?

Join hosts James Piper and Robbie Staniforth as they delve into the world of recycling, hopefully having fun along the way. One thing is for sure, they will talk absolute rubbish from start to finish.

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Timestamps:
How Norway gets 98% of its bottles and cans back - 01:33
Additions and corrections - 26:50
Rubbish or Not: oven gloves - 32:40
Rubbish News - 35:56
Which supermarket meal deal has the least packaging? - 42:35
Green Grocer: yoghurt - 50:58
Residual Rubbish - 55:07

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