Three major trade organisations have said they will no longer provide funding for the company that was set up to deliver Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme…
Three major trade organisations have said they will no longer provide funding for the company that was set up to deliver Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme…
Both the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Federation of Independent Retailers (Fed) have hailed the latest proposals for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The ACS said the government’s plans “to guarantee the strategic placement of return points” was good news, after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today published a response to…
Barcode standardising agency GS1 has suggested how the Deposit Return Scheme should be implemented in the UK following its conference on the future of the DRS. With all four UK nations planning to introduce some form of DRS by 2025, Anne Godfrey, CEO of GS1 UK, said the DRS “has the potential to be a major step forward in the fight against packaging waste…
Producer fees for Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) have been announced, with the programme due to begin in August 2023. Once the DRS launches, all drinks producers and retailers selling single-use drinks containers will be required to take part in the scheme. Consumers will pay a refundable 20p deposit, which will apply to all single-use PET plastic, aluminium, steel…
The Federation of Independent Retailers has hailed a cash boost for Circularity Scotland, the body responsible for running the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The Federation said today that the Scottish Investment Bank has invested £9 million into Circularity Scotland, alongside an additional £9 million from Bank of Scotland. “This investment is a show of confidence in and support for all the work being done to…
Glass bottles will not be included in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for England and Northern Ireland, the government has said. As part of DEFRA’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging consultation summary, the department said some responses raised concerns over glass, in particular the way glass is collected in reverse vending machines, “possibly being crushed and mixed, ultimately resulting in poorer quality glass than…
The Scottish government has announced a new date for the implementation of its Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The scheme, which was scheduled to go live in July 2022, will now be implemented on 16 August 2023. The announcement follows an independent review which highlighted the impact of Covid-19 on the scheme. DRS measures include a 20p deposit charged to consumers when they buy a drink…
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has issued a qualified welcome to the government’s proposed deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. Under the Defra scheme, a deposit would be added to the price of drinks bought in both plastic and glass bottles and in cans. The deposit would then be refunded when consumers returned the empty containers to a designated return point. Consultation on…
