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Written Question
Deposit Return Schemes
Friday 25th March 2022

Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

A second consultation on introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was held last year. Government is analysing the responses to that consultation, with a view to publishing a government response soon.