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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

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

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

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