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# Seek primary powers to implement deposit return schemes in the [[Environment Bill]] | # Seek primary powers to implement deposit return schemes in the [[Environment Bill]] | ||
# Hold a second consultation in 2020 on the regulatory framework for introducing a DRS through secondary legislation | # Hold a second consultation in 2020 on the regulatory framework for introducing a [[DRS]] through secondary legislation | ||
# Following the second consultation, introduce a DRS from 2023 | # Following the second consultation, introduce a [[DRS]] from 2023 | ||
It appears that the second stage consultation is now set for early 2021, delayed as a result of the pandemic<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/policy-consultations-set-for-new-year/ Letsrecycle Article July 2020]</ref> but it is presently unclear as to whether the implementation will be delayed by a year. | It appears that the second stage consultation is now set for early 2021, delayed as a result of the pandemic<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/policy-consultations-set-for-new-year/ Letsrecycle Article July 2020]</ref> but it is presently unclear as to whether the implementation will be delayed by a year. | ||
In Scotland a DRS scheme was approved by the Scottish | In Scotland a [[DRS]] scheme was approved by the Scottish Parliament on the 13th May 2020 for implementation in March 2022<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/deposit-return-approved-by-scottish-parliament/ Letsrecycle Article May 2020]</ref> comprising an 'all in' model (i.e. all sizes of drinks containers) covering plastic bottles, aluminium and steel cans and glass bottles with a flat rate deposit of 20 pence (£0.20). | ||
This consultation is running in parallel with the [[Consistency in Collections]] and [[Extended Producer Responsibility]] consultations. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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