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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

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

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 industry to ...

20 Feb 2023 at 00:01

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 systems go” for the initiative, ...

14 Feb 2023 at 10:11

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 new phase of ...

08 Feb 2023 at 00:01

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, the ...

16 Aug 2023 at 10:18

UK’s first deposit return scheme ‘cannot go ahead as planned’, minister says

Scotland’s planned deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks cans and bottles “cannot go ahead as currently planned”, the minister in charge of it has admitted. Lorna Slater said the scheme – which was to have been the first of ...

06 Jun 2023 at 15:35

Scotland

Supporters urged to ‘show their love’ for national park plans for Galloway

Supporters of plans to create Scotland’s third national park are being urged to “show their love” for the project ahead of a consultation closing on Valentine’s Day. With plans to create a new national park in Galloway, ...

04 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

National parks can help support farms, says environment charity

The creation of national parks can help “support viable farm businesses”, a report from an environment charity has found. The study, by Scottish Environment Link, highlighted how farmers working in such areas can ...

02 Oct 2024 at 00:01

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

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 Marine Conservation ...

19 May 2023 at 15:48

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 initiative ...

18 May 2023 at 22:22

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