deposit return scheme

The share of household waste collected from doorsteps and sent for recycling has barely changed in 15 years, but there are hopes new simpler collection rules could deliver some much needed progress

Exchange for Change confirms phased roll out for national can and bottle collection scheme

Exchange for Change now confirmed as operator of new recycling scheme across the whole of the UK

Agency tasked with delivering Deposit Return Scheme announces £60m package to help smaller retailers install collection facilities

Biffa and the Environmental Services Association (ESA) call for a deposit to be put on vapes to encourage people to dispose of them safely through approved recycling streams

National scheme will apply 20p deposit on single-use drinks containers made using PET plastic, steel, and aluminium containers from October 2027

Highland Spring Group's head of sustainability discusses efforts to build a UK-wide deposit return scheme and why the businesses leading on sustainability aren't the ones claiming to have 'solved' the challenge

The UK Deposit Management Organisation (UK DMO) has confirmed its will trade under the name Exchange for Change, as plans continue to advance for the UK's long-awaited Deposit Return Scheme

Waste management giant unveils plans to merge recycling operations with bottle manufacturing capacity to create a circular plastics packaging business

Students from New College Lanarkshire can earn 20p per recycled item through on-campus Reverse Vending Machines