Question follow-through · 6669
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential environmental benefits of including (a) PET plastic bottles, (b) glass bottles and (c) metal beverage containers within the proposed
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential environmental benefits of including (a) PET plastic bottles, (b) glass bottles and (c) metal beverage containers within the proposed
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers across all four nations will include single-use drinks containers from 150ml to 3 litres. In England and Northern Ireland, materials included in DRS are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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