Question reference: S6W-15931
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 14 March 2023
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the potential carbon footprint of the vehicles that will be used in the Deposit Return Scheme, and what it is doing to limit any carbon emissions.
Answer
The potential carbon footprint of the vehicles used in Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme was factored into the modelling work carried out during the scheme’s development and the work concluded that scheme will reduce CO2 emissions by 4 million tonnes over 25 years – the equivalent to taking 83,000 cars off the road.
More information is contained in the Strategic Environmental Assessment Addendum published on 22 December 2021, which you can read here .