Deposit Return Scheme: UK-wide drinks bottle recycling scheme delayed to 2027

Michael Holder
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Launch of DRS delayed by further two years amid ongoing row over inclusion of glass between UK and devolved governments

Plans to introduce a nationwide recycling scheme next year that would allow the public to return their used drinks bottles and cans in exchange for rewards and discounts have been delayed by a further...

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