Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39553
Deposit Return Schemes: Wales
Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Afzal Khan
Labour — Manchester Rusholme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on aligning the UK-wide bottle return scheme with the planned scheme for Wales.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Government is committed to deliver a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England in October 2027 and to realise its benefits of reducing litter, increasing recycling, and creating high quality recyclate that will support the transition to a circular econom...
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