Question reference: S5W-35202
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the trials of digital deposit return schemes in Wales and Northern Ireland, and whether these schemes could be used in Scotland.
Answer
Scottish Government officials engage regularly with representatives of the other UK administrations to understand their intentions regarding the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and any implications for Scotland’s DRS.
As per the answer to question S5W-31523 on 14 September 2020, we have no current plans to put in place a solution for returning containers via a smartphone or app as part of Scotland’s DRS. It would, however, be open to any scheme administrator(s) and/or return-point operators to consider the use of a digital solution (for example allowing consumers to choose to have their deposits reimbursed through an app) to support consumers in returning containers via a return point.
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