All Deposit Return Systems articles – Page 4
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Promotional FeatureTransforming the shopper relationship with plastic bottles and cans
Deposit Return Schemes (DRS) help to encourage a circularity mindset for consumers by rewarding recycling. Ahead of the introduction of DRS across the UK, SBF GB&I has unveiled some major new research on the effect of the planned schemes on shoppers and retailers
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News
Scottish government confirms VAT bombshell for DRS scheme deposits
No.11 informs Scottish Government the tax will apply on top of the 20p deposits on products
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Analysis & Features
A reuse revolution: how Tesco could scale up its Loop trial
Tesco is trialling the refillable packaging service in 10 stores. For now it’s loss-making, but supporters say it can succeed with scale
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News
Scotland’s deposit return scheme webinar: meet the panellists
The Grocer is hosting a webinar on 21 July to ensure retailers and suppliers are up to speed on how the scheme will work
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News
Are you DRS ready? The Grocer hosts webinar on Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme
The Scottish DRS launches on 1 July next year. Make sure you’re up to speed and understand the practicalities and the significance
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Podcast
Sustainability and being green in 2021: The Convenience Mix Podcast
Episode five – Sustainability: Being Green in 2021 – sees our experts explore a key area. Sustainability is rocketing up consumers’ priority lists, but with so many pathways to sustainability, knowing what to prioritise can be tough.
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News
VAT dispute set to further delay DRS rollout, warn drinks bosses
Circularity Scotland is fighting an HMRC ruling that VAT should be applicable to deposits paid under the scheme
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News
Scrapping deposit return scheme for digital system ‘would save £3.5bn’
Research by Resource Future has suggested huge savings over the next decade with a digital scheme
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Analysis & Features
The future of deposit return schemes could be digital, here’s why
Delays, government infighting, industry concerns: the rollout of a DRS has caused havoc. Could a digital element be the solution?
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News
DRS proposals: the industry and environmental campaigners react
Here is how the industry and environmental campaigners reacted to news of a second consultation on plans for a deposit return scheme
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News
Government says no DRS until 2024 as industry launches ‘game-changer’ management company
The move to delay the rollout of a DRS until at least 2024 has been met with fury from environmental campaigners
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Cross-party MP group to demand ‘all-in’ bottle DRS
20 MPs are calling for plastic and glass bottles, aluminium cans, cartons, pouches and coffee cups to all be included in the DRS
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers still want quick and easy environmental swaps and solutions
What’s clear is the continuing consumer appetite for sustainable initiatives, and for progress on the environment, despite the impending recession and growing job losses
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Analysis & Features
Will coronavirus safety concerns kill off the DRS?
A UK deposit return scheme has long been a sticking point in the industry. But as Covid potentially forces a total redesign, where will the plans go from here?
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News
DRS in doubt as supermarket bosses call for rethink
The Grocer has learnt supermarket bosses have told ministers a network of reverse vending machines in tens of thousands of UK stores could become a breeding ground for the virus
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News
Flat rate for bottle DRS could lead to ‘switch from cans to plastic’
The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation claimed shoppers would switch en masse from buying multi-packs of cans to large plastic bottles
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Scottish DRS retailers could qualify for rates relief, says Sturgeon
Relief will be offered to retailers chosing to install a reverse vending machine
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Warning of high upfront costs of DRS scheme for wholesalers
The FWD submitted a seven-page submission to the Scottish Parliament ahead of the consultation on DRS closing this week
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News
Soft drinks suppliers to be hit by £600m black hole in Scottish DRS plans
Suppliers and trade bodies said the cross-border timing gap meant producers would be hit with a “double whammy”
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News
What the experts think about the future of DRS
Topics included what material should be included, the risk of fraud and the potential cost to retailers and suppliers
