Bottles: Plastics
Commons · Question 89983 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by John Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) all plastic bottles sold in the UK are fully recyclable and (b) 100 per cent of such bottles are recycled by 2030.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 19 Nov 2025
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is coming to England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland in October 2027 and will focus on increasing recycling and reducing littering. A new organisation called UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd (UK DMO) will run the sche...