All Deposit return schemes (DRS) articles – Page 8
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NewsScotland likely to go it alone on DRS
Scottish government plans for a deposit return scheme are at least a year ahead of the rest of the UK
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NewsTesco launches reverse vending machines in DRS trial
The UK’s biggest retailer said it would begin the trial in Borehamwood today
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Comment and OpinionScottish DRS plans raise another border question
The Irish question is not the only border issue giving the industry sleepless nights
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NewsScottish DRS could undermine minimum unit pricing, warns Scottish Beer & Pub Association
The Scottish government’s consultation on its DRS plans closed yesterday.
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NewsScottish retail leaders warn of isolated DRS chaos
The Scottish government’s consultation on its DRS plans closed today
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Analysis and FeaturesCan Coke's vision for a successful DRS catch on in the UK?
The soft drinks giant has spent the past 12 months speaking to suppliers, customers, the plastics industry and recyclers
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NewsRetailers to trial alternative to government DRS scheme
A coalition of companies, including Asda, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer, are set to roll out reverse vending reward machines
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NewsScottish government opens deposit return scheme consultation
Respondents will be asked for views on a series of questions including what materials should be collected
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NewsIceland expands its Deposit Return Scheme trial to stores across the UK
A second machine opened in one of the Wolverhampton stores today, with a further two scheduled for Scotland and Wales
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NewsIceland installs first machine in DRS trial
The Co-op is also launching a DRS trial with reverse vending machines across four major music festivals this summer
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NewsCo-op to trial DRS at four summer events
The society will install the machines at its pop-up stores at Download and Latitude as well as Reading and Leeds
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Comment and OpinionWe must embrace DRS - it's part of a sustainable solution
The national deposit return scheme (DRS) announcement sends out all the right messages to businesses
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Comment and OpinionIs joined-up policymaking a casualty of rushed DRS decision?
Even before the official consultation begins, there is a very different view emerging among industry and environmental sources as to the government’s handling of the plastic crisis
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NewsAnger at DRS ‘omnishambles’ as Gove pushes ahead with bottle recycling scheme
Today’s surprise announcement has prompted accusations that ministers are trying to outdo each other to be seen as “saviours of the environment”
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Comment and OpinionTesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment and OpinionRetailers can make DRS work – if they agree to be active partners
Today’s move by the Co-op and Iceland is unlikely to be the last change in stance
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NewsDRS problems could be solved by supermarket geniuses, say MPs
Environment Audit Committee warned of new legislation to combat the 700,000 plastic bottles that litter UK streets daily
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NewsDrinks industry warns of 'huge extra costs' of bottle DRS
The BSDA was responding to Sky TV’s new Ocean Rescue campaign to tackle plastic waste, backed in the UK by Prince Charles