Question follow-through · 85958
Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued on the treatment of historic (a) glass and (b) plastic bottles distributed prior to the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued on the treatment of historic (a) glass and (b) plastic bottles distributed prior to the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Deposit Return Scheme in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland will include single-use drinks containers from 150ml to 3 litres. Materials included are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel, and aluminium drink containers. Glass drinks cont...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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