Question follow-through · 88029

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86440 on Deposit Return Schemes, if she will take steps to ensure the deposit return scheme allows (a) bottles and (b) other depos

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86440 on Deposit Return Schemes, if she will take steps to ensure the deposit return scheme allows (a) bottles and (b) other depos

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Thank you for your interest in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The objectives of DRS include boosting recycling levels, reducing littering, and offering greater opportunities to collect higher quality, uncontaminated materials in greater quantities. In p...

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