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Bus Éireann and Grow Mental Health launch reverse vending machine at Letterkenny bus station

Bus Éireann customers in Donegal are being encouraged to return their plastic bottles and aluminium drinks cans to the newly-installed reverse vending machine in Letterkenny bus station. Reverse vending machines assist in reducing single-use ...

21 Jul 2022 at 19:33

Scotland

Volunteer litter pickers wanted to help measure impact of deposit return scheme

Countryside campaigners are looking for volunteers to collect and monitor litter as part of a project aimed at assessing the impact of Scotland’s new deposit return scheme. The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) pushed ...

06 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Environmentalists blast UK deposit return scheme which does not include glass

The UK Government has announced plans for a deposit return scheme to help consumers “easily” recycle empty drinks cans and bottles. But the plans, announced by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), have been ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

Scotland

Last chance saloon for Scotland’s deposit return scheme launch, retailers warn

Retailers have warned the launch of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) will fail if ministers do not deliver a clear blueprint. In crunch talks with circular economy minister Lorna Slater on Monday, the Scottish Retail Consortium ...

01 Feb 2023 at 17:57

Scotland

Further delay to deposit return would be ‘frankly unbearable’, say campaigners

Environmental campaigners have warned the Scottish Government that any further delay to implementing its deposit return scheme (DRS) would be “frankly unbearable”. Ministers are being urged to resist pressure from the drinks ...

20 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Bringing in deposit return scheme in August would be reckless, Sturgeon told

SNP MSPs are among a cross-party group at Holyrood warning the First Minister that bringing in a deposit return scheme (DRS) as planned in August would be “reckless”. The group, including former Scottish rural economy ...

15 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Greens accuse deposit return scheme opponents of spreading misinformation

The Scottish Greens have hit back at opponents of the deposit return scheme (DRS), accusing them of spreading “misinformation and panic”. It comes after a cross-party group of MSPs called for the scheme to be halted, ...

15 Feb 2023 at 09:51

Scotland

First Minister considering pause on deposit return scheme

First Minister Humza Yousaf is considering pausing the introduction of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS). In the campaign to be SNP leader, Mr Yousaf pledged to exempt small firms from the scheme for its first ...

30 Mar 2023 at 20:00

Scotland

Circularity Scotland not informed in advance of deposit return scheme delay

The organisation which will run the planned deposit return scheme (DRS) was not informed in advance of the First Minister’s decision to delay it. Donald McCalman, programme director for Circularity Scotland, said ...

20 Apr 2023 at 09:12

Minister hits out at Scottish Secretary as deposit return changes announced

The minister charged with implementing Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) has hit out at the Scottish Secretary as she announced that small containers and products with low sales would be exempt from the ...

20 Apr 2023 at 17:15

Scotland

Deposit return could end online drink sales by some firms, retail chiefs warn

Business leaders have hit out at the Scottish Government over its “unworkable, unsustainable, and undeliverable ultimatum” to retailers contained in the planned deposit return scheme (DRS). The Scottish ...

17 May 2023 at 20:19

Scotland

Retailers threaten legal action against Scottish Government over DRS delay

Retailers are threatening legal action against the Scottish Government after being left “out of pocket” by the latest delay to the deposit return scheme – which will not now begin until October 2025 at ...

08 Jun 2023 at 13:48

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