Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88029

Deposit Return Schemes

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 13 November 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86440 on Deposit Return Schemes, if she will take steps to ensure the deposit return scheme allows (a) bottles and (b) other depos

Answer

Mary Creagh

Thank you for your interest in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The objectives of DRS include boosting recycling levels, reducing littering, and offering greater opportunities to collect higher quality, uncontaminated materials in greater quantities. In p...

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