Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8938

Bottles: Recycling

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Pfand recycling system in Germany and (b) potential merits of adopting a similar approach in the UK.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra officials have worked closely with international partners to learn lessons and consider best practice when developing the scheme design of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in the UK. This includes teach-ins with the German scheme administrator, as we...

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