Deposit Return Schemes: Finance
Commons · Question 28396 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Deposit Return Scheme, whether (a) local authorities and (b) Material Recovery Facilities operators will receive producer funding for (i) collecting, (ii) sorting
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 15 Sep 2026
Where in-scope containers are disposed of through household recycling, local authorities will continue managing these materials through existing waste arrangements. The Deposit Management Organisation will work with local authorities to consider ways they...