Deposit return scheme (Scotland)

The deposit-return scheme (DRS), is a container return scheme being planned for Scotland. The scheme has been delayed several times and is now due to start in 2025 to coincide with the United Kingdom scheme. A not-for-profit, publicly owned company, Circularity Scotland Ltd, was set up to operate the scheme[1] however, it went into administration following the latest delay of the scheme. The total level of investment lost as a result of the delay is estimated at £300 million[2] including £9 million of public money which had been invested via the Scottish National Investment Bank.[3]

  1. ^ "Scottish Government Deposit Return Scheme". Managing Waste. The Scottish Government.
  2. ^ "Scottish Government could face £300m compensation bill over deposit return scheme delay". The Daily Record. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Scotland recycling failure doubles National Investment Bank losses". The Financial Times.