Testing a scalable Deposit Return Scheme to remove single-use plastic cups from clubs and venues in the UK

夜生活经济每年为英国经济贡献6%的GDP，但在减少该行业对环境的影响和改善其不必要的浪费方面却做得很少。每年平均有8500万人参加英国的现场活动，这导致超过1亿个一次性塑料杯被浪费。ECODISCO为场馆和俱乐部创建了一个循环计划，以支持减少夜生活经济中的塑料废物。在IUK的支持下，ECODISCO将设计和测试三种不同的商业模式：可重复使用杯子的存款保留计划（DRS）、征税计划和网络共享计划;我们将把研究结果纳入循环计划的最终设计中。ECODISCO消除了场馆过渡到可重复使用杯子的所有努力，这些杯子经常促使他们使用一次性塑料杯。ECODISCO将提供，收集，清洁和返回可重复使用的杯子加权到场地的能力。这克服了在场地内存储、清洁和干燥可重复使用杯子的痛点。该项目结合了现实世界的试点，最初在伦敦市中心的5个场馆进行。随着夜生活经济从COVID-19中复苏，ECODISCO将支持通过无痛和低成本的解决方案来减少塑料废物，从而重建该行业。现在就采取行动可以防止“回到业务”的态度，这种态度会阻止不可持续的浪费行为。基于每个场地使用1500个可重复使用的杯子，每500个帽子场地，每晚，我们估计ECODISCO的循环计划将：1。每个伦敦场馆每年避免多达3.12吨的塑料垃圾。2.每个伦敦场馆每年可节省约1.5吨碳。每年节省高达10万英镑的场地费用。

The night-life economy contributes 6% to the GDP of the UK economy annually, yet very little has been done to reduce the industry's environmental impacts and improve its unnecessary appetite for waste. On average, 85m people attend live events in the UK annually and this results in over 100 million single-use plastic cups being wasted.ECODISCO has created a Circularity Scheme for venues and clubs to support the reduction of plastic waste in the night-life economy. With the support of IUK, ECODISCO will design and test three different business models: a deposit retention scheme (DRS), levy scheme and network sharing scheme for reusable cups; we will incorporate findings into the final design of the Circularity Scheme.ECODISCO removes all of the effort for venues to transition to reusable cups, which frequently drive them to use single-use plastic cups. ECODISCO will supply, collect, clean and return reusable cups weighted to the capacity of the venue. This overcomes the pain points of storing, cleaning and drying reusable cups in-venue. This project incorporates real-world pilots with an initial 5 Central London venues.As the night-life economy recovers from COVID-19, ECODISCO will be a proponent of building back the industry with a pain-free and low-cost solution to reducing plastic waste. Acting now prevents a 'back to business' attitude that prolongs unsustainable, wasteful behaviours. Based on each venue using 1500 reusable cups per 500 cap venue, per night, we estimate ECODISCO's Circularity Scheme will:1. Avoid up to 3.12 tonnes of plastic waste per London venue annually.2. Save ~1.5 tonnes of carbon per London venue annually.3. Save a venue up to £100,000 in SUP per year.