05 Aug 2024 --- The new Labour government has committed to delivering the UK’s deposit return scheme by October 2027. The scheme aims to collect over 85% of returnable drinks containers once it is in operation. Robbie Staniforth, innovation and policy director at Ecosurety, tells Packaging Insights that once the detail of introducing a DRS is unpicked, it is likely that the government will comply with the published timescales of 2027.
