All Deposit return schemes (DRS) articles
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Category ReportTime for a clean-up: bottled water category report 2025
DRS and EPR are designed to get bottled water suppliers to clean up their act. What effect will they have on pricing and packaging?
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Comment & OpinionWhy Wales’ DRS has become a political hot potato
The Welsh government’s refusal to play ball with the UK over a planned October 2027 DRS rollout is wreaking havoc with Defra’s scheme
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NewsWales holding firm on refusal to be part of UK-wide DRS
Supermarket bosses claim Wales’ decision will cause cross-border chaos and have called for the UK DRS rollout to be delayed as a result
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NewsSupermarkets and drinks companies submit bid to run deposit return scheme
Retailers have also urged ministers to take a step back because of the risk of the costs of DRS pushing up prices as the UK faces renewed pressure on food inflation
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NewsDeposit return scheme gets October 2027 launch date
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners GB said the October 2027 rollout was “challenging but achievable”
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NewsSupermarkets accuse MPs of ignoring DRS fears as Tories withdraw support
MPs last night voted in favour of legislation to introduce a DRS in England and Northern Ireland from October 2027
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Comment & OpinionMPs must win retailer support for ‘seemingly cursed’ DRS
MPs must make clearer where they stand on the DRS – and try and win back Welsh government support
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NewsSupermarket bosses demand 2027 deposit return scheme start date is scrapped
Last week, Tesco boss Ken Murphy hinted at what was to come when he called for the government to rethink the timeframe for EPR and DRS
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News‘Overwhelming’ pressure on government to tackle regulation inflation fears
FDF said it was “critical” that the new government worked with the industry to mitigate the impact of new taxes and regulation
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InterviewsBelvoir Farm’s Pev Manners on Labour’s ‘thugs’
Farmer protests and the government’s EPR scheme are riling Belvoir Farm’s boss. But that hasn’t stopped him investing in his cordial empire
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NewsReusable packaging company Dizzie shutters but ‘reuse still works’ claims founder
The company blamed stalled adoption among grocers and an inability to attract further investment for its demise
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NewsOcado and Co-op call for digital DRS after Wales drops out
The UK government has this week laid out the regulation in parliament to pave the way for a DRS system in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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NewsDeposit return scheme: regulations published despite Wales pullout
Publication of the DRS legislation was seen as a vital step towards hitting the UK government’s timetable
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Wales backs out, is there any hope left for a UK DRS?
Hopes DRS would be simpler under Labour have been shattered, as Wales’ withdrawal leaves drinks industry players ‘speechless’
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NewsSteve Reed says deposit return scheme ‘better’ without Wales
Drinks industry bosses were left stunned this week, after Wales withdrew from the planned UK-wide rollout of DRS in October 2027
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NewsUK-wide deposit return scheme in tatters as Welsh government pulls plug
Wales said it had been left with no option but to withdraw from the deposit return scheme because Westminster was not allowing it to include glass
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NewsOcado extends online reusable packaging scheme
Phase one of the trial, which began in August, included Ocado Reuse Basmati Rice 2kg and Ocado Reuse Penne Pasta 1kg
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NewsFDF boss criticises ‘missing’ government roadmap for food system overhaul
FDF CEO Karen Betts warned the race to net zero and other key environmental targets are being hindered by the lack of a strategic roadmap
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NewsTesco and Coca-Cola backed bid is frontrunner to get DRS contract
The prominent involvement of Tesco in the steering group leading the bid is being seen as a major coup
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NewsDRS compromise as Wales drops plans to include glass from wines and spirits
The Grocer understands negotiations, which have eased after Labour’s victory in the general election, have been going on for weeks