Question reference: S5W-33509
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 24 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of the collection methods for glass containers under the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020.
Answer
It is for the businesses with responsibility for delivering Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), and in particular any scheme administrator(s), to determine how containers returned under Scotland’s DRS will be collected.
As per the answer to S5W-33510 on 2 December 2020, the DRS Full Business Case, published on 08 May 2019 ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/deposit-return-scheme-scotland-full-business-case-stage-1/ ), was developed on the basis of glass being collected whole under Scotland’s DRS.
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