Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79890
Deposit Return Schemes
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of operating different deposit return scheme frameworks in different parts of the UK on costs for (a) producers and (b) retailers
Answer
Mary CreaghA new organisation called UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd (UK DMO) will run the scheme. It’s a not-for-profit group, led by businesses. They were officially appointed in May 2025 (England & NI) and June 2025 (Scotland).The Deposit Return Scheme...
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