deposit return scheme

Irish consumers can now return empty drinks bottles and cans in exchange for money off their supermarket shop - yet plans for such a system in the UK have been dogged by dither, delay, and disruption

Industry-led, nationwide recycling scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans begins operating across Ireland today, offering consumers money off their supermarket shop

The government must act fast to clear up confusion about its waste management plans if it wants to deliver a circular, net zero economy, writes Sizzle's Trewin Restorick

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

Thwarting Scottish bottle recycling scheme would deliver major blow to circular economy, campaigners warn UK government

Plastic bottles and drink cans to be covered by new cash incentive scheme that aims to boost flat-lining recycling rates - but glass bottles are controversially excluded from the scheme in England

New report warns EU faces higher emissions if it fais to deliver on recycling targets

VR study billed as most comprehensive analysis into consumer behaviours towards deposit return schemes ever produced

Devolved governments need to collaborate and recognise their shared ambition – and the shared benefits - of an integrated, well-designed DRS, writes Polytag CEO Alice Rackley

Initially set to open in April 2021, Scotland's pioneering deposit return scheme will now not launch until August 2023