The Finnish Environmental Register of Packaging (PYR) said in a statement Tuesday that while an overwhelming majority of respondents in a poll were in favour of recycling in general only about 36 per cent were prepared to pay a premium in retail prices for recyclable packaging.

About a quarter of the respondents said they sorted plastic packaging, with more than 90 per cent saying they took bottles and tins back to the shop and about 80 per cent reporting that they recycled glass, paper and cardboard.

Market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres interviewed about 1,200 people.

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