Shoppers face price hikes on drinks by up to a third under the Scottish Government’s controversial drinks recycling scheme, which has been compared to a poll tax on the poor. The Sunday Mail can reveal the cost of common items such as beer, water and fizzy juice will soar way beyond the extra 20p-per-item recycling fee when the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is launched in August.
Former cabinet secretary for rural development Fergus Ewing said he was astonished by the latest revelation and launched a blistering attack on the SNP and Greens scheme.
The MSP said: “I never dreamt the party I have worked for for half a century would bring in a policy akin to the dreaded poll tax from Margaret Thatcher. In the worst cost-of-living crisis in modern times, the public are entitled to expect their Government will not make things even worse by policies that will push up prices even more, yet that is precisely what the Deposit Return Scheme will do.
