Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89981
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
John Whitby
Labour — Derbyshire Dales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers to be implemented across the UK; and what assessment he has made of its expected impact on plastic bottle recycling rat
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is coming to England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland in October 2027 and will focus on increasing recycling and reducing littering. A new organisation called UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd (UK DMO) will run the sche...
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