All Deposit Return Systems articles – Page 6
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NewsCo-op to trial DRS at four summer events
The society will install the machines at its pop-up stores at Download and Latitude as well as Reading and Leeds
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Comment & Opinion
We must embrace DRS - it's part of a sustainable solution
The national deposit return scheme (DRS) announcement sends out all the right messages to businesses
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Comment & Opinion
Is joined-up policymaking a casualty of rushed DRS decision?
Even before the official consultation begins, there is a very different view emerging among industry and environmental sources as to the government’s handling of the plastic crisis
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News
Anger at DRS ‘omnishambles’ as Gove pushes ahead with bottle recycling scheme
Today’s surprise announcement has prompted accusations that ministers are trying to outdo each other to be seen as “saviours of the environment”
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers can make DRS work – if they agree to be active partners
Today’s move by the Co-op and Iceland is unlikely to be the last change in stance
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News
DRS problems could be solved by supermarket geniuses, say MPs
Environment Audit Committee warned of new legislation to combat the 700,000 plastic bottles that litter UK streets daily
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Drinks industry warns of 'huge extra costs' of bottle DRS
The BSDA was responding to Sky TV’s new Ocean Rescue campaign to tackle plastic waste, backed in the UK by Prince Charles
