deposit return scheme

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

Consultation launched on plans to establish deposit return scheme across Wales for recycling and reusing used plastic, glass and canned drinks containers from October 2027

Welsh government to accelerate implementation of recycling scheme for drinks containers to 'maximise interoperability' and align with UK 2027 launch date

Used plastic, glass, and canned drinks containers are found on beaches in far lower proportions in countries where recycling deposit return schemes are in operation

UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd to manage flagship scheme to incentivise recycling of single-use plastic and metal drinks containers

Legislation introduced today paves way for long-awaited rollout of DRS that would incentivise consumers to recycle plastic drinks bottles and cans

The UK is right to be moving ahead with a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks bottles as it will clean up our streets and boost recycling rates, writes Reloop's Jenni Hume