Controversial plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use drinks containers in Scotland have been delayed again. The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) was meant to go live this summer, then it ...

The Scottish Government revealed the results of its consultation on implementing a national bottle return scheme for drinks packaging, confirming that it will introduce a 20p (about 26 cents) deposit ...

Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) “cannot go ahead” as originally planned following the UK government’s exclusion of glass from the project, the minister responsible for the initiative has said.

A waste firm boss has claimed the Scottish Government gave ‘unequivocal’ assurances its doomed bottle return scheme would go ahead before he signed up to it. Biffa Waste Services believes ministers ...

As concerns around the upcoming Deposit Return Scheme grow, Rosalind Erskine spoke to producers and business owners in England and Wales about whether they’ll still supply to Scotland. Did you know ...

Scotland's deposit return recycling scheme was "single-handedly undermined" by former Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, ex-minister Lorna Slater has claimed. The plans collapsed in 2023 after a row ...

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Lorna Slater left government following the collapse of the SNP-Green power-sharing deal [PA Media] Scotland's deposit return recycling scheme was "single-handedly undermined" by former Scottish ...