Question reference: S6W-14620
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 3 February 2023
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns raised by stakeholders that guidance on glass weight tolerance for the Deposit Return Scheme has not yet been published; what discussions it has had with Circularity Scotland regarding this, and when it expects this guidance to be published.
Answer
Circularity Scotland issued the final RVM specification in November 2022. Separately some producers have highlighted that their containers have higher than usual variation in weight. Circularity Scotland have recently met with RVM vendors and drinks producers to discuss tolerance levels in dimensions, particularly with glass, to ensure that the settings in RVMs accommodate these variations. This is a standard approach for deposit return schemes and will mean that return points don’t need to deal with high levels of rejections.