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

LabourManchester 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 Creagh
The 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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