Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81245

Deposit Return Schemes: Lincolnshire

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed deposit return scheme has adequate collection zones in Lincolnshire.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The regulations set rules requiring all supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores and newsagents that sell drinks that are in the scheme to host a return point, unless they qualify for an exemption. A new organisation called UK Deposit Management O...
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