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Reports: Scottish Government under pressure to ditch glass from DRS plans

31 May 2023 • 4 min read

Reports: Scottish Government under pressure to ditch glass from DRS plans

Scottish Government reportedly facing pressure to scrap plans to include glass in its deposit return scheme (DRS) in order to align system with England's plastic bottle and can DRS

The Scottish Government is facing pressure from the UK government in Westminster back down on its plan to include glass containers in its mooted deposit return recycling scheme (DRS), according to reports....

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