Deposit Return Schemes
Commons · Question 88029 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86440 on Deposit Return Schemes, if she will take steps to ensure the deposit return scheme allows (a) bottles and (b) other depos
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 13 Nov 2025
Thank you for your interest in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The objectives of DRS include boosting recycling levels, reducing littering, and offering greater opportunities to collect higher quality, uncontaminated materials in greater quantities. In p...