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Deposit Return Schemes: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed deposit return scheme has adequate collection zones in Lincolnshire.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed deposit return scheme has adequate collection zones in Lincolnshire.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The regulations set rules requiring all supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores and newsagents that sell drinks that are in the scheme to host a return point, unless they qualify for an exemption. A new organisation called UK Deposit Management O...

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