Question reference: S6W-08159
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 22 April 2022
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 9 May 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to use the delay in the introduction of its Deposit Return Scheme to include additional materials, such as cartons, in the initial roll-out of the scheme.
Answer
Our Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) will include glass, steel, aluminium, and PET plastic drinks containers when it is implemented on 16 August 2023. This is an ambitious scope by international standards. We remain open to expanding the scope of materials to be included in DRS, once the current core scheme is firmly established.