First Minister Humza Yousaf has been told there is nothing to stop him from introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland, as UK ministers knocked back his demand for glass to be included in the programme.
The future of the DRS north of the border now looks in doubt, after UK ministers wrote to Yousaf on Monday to tell him they would not allow glass to be included in the scheme to ensure “simplicity and interoperability”.
He had told Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that failure to revoke the conditions set out by Westminster when they allowed a partial exemption to the Internal Market Act - which meant glass was not allowed in Scotland - would put the DRS in “grave danger”.
