Campaigners have demanded the UK Government gives the go-ahead to Scotland’s planned Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to help deal with a “litter emergency”.
Supporters of DRS spoke out ahead of a planned protest outside the UK Government’s main offices in Edinburgh where they plan to turn up with cans and bottles they collected in a litter pick-up event.
The protest, outside Queen Elizabeth House, comes as the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) accused the UK Government of turning the scheme into a “political football”.
