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Deposit Return Schemes

Commons · Question 84426 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

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Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 29 Oct 2025

The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers will launch in October 2027 across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Earlier this year we appointed UK DMO as the deposit management organisation for the schemes in England, Northern Ireland and ...