Deposit Return Schemes
Commons · Question 88634 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
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, 13 Nov 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 ...