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  • Deposit Return Scheme – Summary of 2021 consultation responses and publication of government response

    Topics:
    • Resource & Waste Policy, 
    • Extended Producer Responsibility

    Date published: 19 January 2023

    The consultation on the UK-wide introduction of Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) ran for 10 weeks and closed on 4 June 2021 receiving 2,590 responses from a broad range of stakeholders.The Government response to the consultation is linked below and this sets out the principles of how the scheme will operate. A summary of responses to the consultation is also below. We will continue to work with stakeholders on further development of the scheme.You can read the government’s response, summary of responses below.

    England and Northern Ireland deposit return scheme for drinks containers Q&A Deposit Return Scheme | Campaign Monitor (createsend.com)

    If you are not on our stakeholder list but would like to be added please send an email with your details to EPRTeam@daera-ni.gov.uk.

    Documents

    • Government response to consultationAdobe PDF (839.07 KB)
    • Summary of responses to the 2021 consultationAdobe PDF (1.73 MB)
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