Question reference: S6W-07427
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, what its position is on whether creating an incentive for producers to switch from using plastic packaging to using glass packaging would be a negative outcome.
Answer
Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme treats in-scope containers equally, whether they are made from glass, plastic or metal, and will ensure that significantly more of these containers will be collected and sent for recycling.