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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 for ...

06 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Scotland urged to ‘live up to promises’ on planned deposit return scheme

Scotland needs to “live up to our promises” and implement its deposit return scheme (DRS) as planned next year, campaigners have insisted. They insisted ministers must not push back the roll-out of the initiative any further – claiming ...

21 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

UK ministers urged to grant exemption for deposit return amid ‘litter emergency’

Campaigners have demanded the UK Government gives the go-ahead to Scotland’s planned deposit return scheme (DRS) to help deal with a “litter emergency”. Supporters of DRS spoke out ahead of a planned protest outside the UK ...

04 May 2023 at 17:13

Scotland

Call for August 16 to be national litter day due to delayed DRS

August 16 should become Scotland’s annual national litter day, a charity has suggested, marking one of the days the deposit return scheme (DRS) was initially meant to begin. While the scheme has been delayed several times,...

16 Aug 2023 at 10:18

Scotland

Recruitment drive for new childminders in urban and rural areas

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is embarking on the second phase of a major campaign to recruit new registered childminders in urban and rural areas to help establish childminding places for families. The ...

08 Feb 2023 at 00:01

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 ...

20 Feb 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 ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:28

Scotland

Campaigners call for ‘less foot-dragging’ from business on deposit return scheme

Environmental campaigners are demanding “fewer excuses and less foot-dragging” from businesses ahead of the introduction of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS). The Association for the Protection of Rural ...

22 Feb 2023 at 09:47

Scotland

Minister insists it is ‘all systems go’ for Scotland’s deposit return scheme

Scotland’s controversial deposit return scheme will “absolutely” go ahead this August, the minister spearheading its introduction has insisted. Circular economy minister Lorna Slater said it was “all ...

14 Feb 2023 at 10:11

Sunak urged to ‘step up’ and include glass in deposit return scheme

Failure to include glass bottles in the deposit return scheme for England will result in a “weaker” system than in Scotland, Rishi Sunak has been warned. Environmental campaigners fear if the ...

18 May 2023 at 22:22

Scotland

PM urged to intervene and grant exemption for Scotland’s deposit return scheme

Rishi Sunak is being urged to directly intervene to ensure Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) can come into force next year. Groups such as Greenpeace UK, Keep Britain Tidy and the ...

19 May 2023 at 15:48

Scotland

Campaigners urge ministers to set targets for refillable and reusable containers

The Scottish Government is being urged to set targets for refillable and reusable products in new legislation that aims to help build a greener economy. Environmental campaigners at ...

27 Nov 2023 at 09:37

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