deposit return scheme

'A positive step': Government eyes further bans on range of single-use plastic items

Policy

'A positive step': Government eyes further bans on range of single-use plastic items

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery, expanded and extruded polystyrene cups, food, and beverage containers set for ban in latest government proposals, but campaigners urge Ministers to further strengthen recycling and re-use policies

clock 20 November 2021 • 5 min read
'Drink sustainably': Tennents launches new packaging recycling push

Recycling

'Drink sustainably': Tennents launches new packaging recycling push

Drinks brand to print a new message on its cans from 2022 in a bid to help boost recycling rates

clock 16 November 2021 • 2 min read

Recycling

MPs call for consistent Deposit Return Scheme across UK

Plastic bottles, glass, and cartons should all be recyclable through deposit return schemes across the four UK nations, Environmental Audit Committee argues

clock 20 May 2021 • 3 min read

Recycling

Government plots recycling reforms as it delays deposit return scheme to 2024

Plans to make manufacturers pay full costs of recycling their packaging and develop consistent household collections nationwide unveiled

clock 25 March 2021 • 3 min read

Recycling

MPs to probe plans for deposit return recycling scheme in England

Environmental Audit Committee inquiry to look at potential design for government's aim to implement a deposit return scheme in England in 2023

clock 15 February 2021 • 2 min read

Waste

Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'

Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste

clock 19 October 2020 • 4 min read

Politics

Here's how the election manifestos could be greener

The manifestos contain a welcome focus on environmental policy, but the parties are missing some crucial details, writes UKSIF's Ben Nelmes

clock 05 December 2019 • 4 min read

Waste

Deposit return scheme must be 'all in', campaigners say

Countryside campaigners urge the government to include drinks containers of all sizes and materials in its planned deposit return scheme

clock 17 October 2019 • 2 min read

Recycling

Sainsbury's launches first English deposit return scheme to include glass

Retailer teams up with TOMRA to trial 'all in' deposit return scheme at Berkshire store

clock 27 August 2019 • 2 min read

Recycling

Iceland banks over one million plastic bottles in a year of reverse vending

Since May 2018 the retailer has collected more than one million plastic bottles from five stores, with 96 per cent of shoppers supporting a nationwide roll out of the deposit return scheme

clock 26 August 2019 • 2 min read