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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Claire Hayhurst

Welsh Government pulls out of four-nation deposit return scheme

The scheme in Wales will include glass (Philip Toscano/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland had been working towards a long-planned scheme for drinks containers, which was due to come into force in October 2027.

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