A “significant intervention” from the Scottish Government will reduce the costs involved with the deposit return scheme, the organisation implementing the initiative has insisted.
Circularity Scotland chief executive David Harris also said minister Lorna Salter is “considering industry’s concerns” about the scheme – which is due to come into force next August.
It will see shoppers pay a 20p deposit any time they buy a drink in a can or bottle. However, industry leaders warned charges associated with the scheme could mean consumers having to pay as much as 30p more.
