Deposit Return Schemes
(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed deposit return scheme will include (a) drink bottles and (b) food containers.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 3rd September 2025
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland will include single-use drinks containers from 150ml to 3 litres. Materials included are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel, and aluminium drink containers.
All other packaging including food containers are included in the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) scheme.