The Government ignored industry backing for the inclusion of glass in its deposit return scheme, even though major drinks companies and retailers as well as trade bodies all backed the inclusion of glass in the scheme 🔴 Exclusive from CapurrodDaniel
Ministers in London promised in January that a DRS for England, Wales and Northern Ireland would begin in October 2025, but only included plastic bottles and cans in the scheme.
Dominic Dyer, chair of Nature 2030, an environmental campaigning group which shared the documents with“If the Government are not listening to the retailers and producers, and if they are not listening to civil society then who are they taking advice from?” DRS are widespread in northern Europe, while a further dozen more countries on the Continent are either preparing or discussing deposit schemes., which can be redeemed by placing the items in a so-called reverse vending machine which will be located at retailers and waste centres.
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