— By Plasteurope.com staff — Ireland marked the first anniversary of the introduction of its deposit return scheme (DRS) in ...

A proposed law to establish a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland from 2027 has been supported by MPs. DRS involves people being charged a deposit ...

The government has not yet announced how much they will get for doing this, or how exactly the scheme will work.

The Government has said that glass bottles will be excluded from the deposit return scheme in England and Northern Ireland. This is because it says including them made the scheme too complex.

Deposit return schemes are proving popular around Europe, so why has the UK had such a hard time trying to get one off the ...