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UK ministers knock back call to include glass in Scottish DRS

Schemes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected from 2025, but in Scotland it is set to start next March

Insider UK

Yousaf urged to ‘hold his nerve’ on UK’s first deposit return scheme

Environmental campaigners urged the Scottish First Minister to continue with the scheme, despite Westminster barring it from including glass bottles.

The Independent UK

Westminster BLOCKS key part of Scottish recycling scheme

WESTMINSTER has refused to allow Scotland to include glass in its planned recycling scheme.

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‘Extremely difficult’ for deposit scheme to go ahead without glass – Yousaf

The First Minister also attacked the UK Government’s plans for its own DRS.

The Independent UK

Deposit return scheme in Scotland 'on the brink' as Humza Yousaf appeals to Rishi Sunak

The future of a flagship recycling scheme could be decided at a meeting of the Scottish Government Cabinet on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf: Tories have 'serious questions to answer' over £20k DRS donation

The donation came just six weeks after the UK Government appeared to change its mind on including glass in the scheme in the wake of lobbying from…

The National (Scotland)

Success in net zero push 'will depend on ability to innovate' - Yousaf

First Minister says his government has no problem with business prosperity, so long as economic growth has a purpose

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Deposit return deadline looms as recycling scheme faces uncertainty

The scheme is due to be brought in next March, but faces being scrapped if glass is not included.

The Independent UK

Deposit Return Scheme deadline looms as UK Government leave plans in 'grave danger'

THE deadline for the removal of UK Government conditions on Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is due to expire as a Scottish Greens MSP…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish fishers say marine protection plans will wreck coastal communities

Outcry includes protest song comparing closure of inshore fishing grounds to Highland clearances

The Guardian - UK

Timeline: How the row over including glass in the deposit return scheme developed

RECYCLING has become the latest fault line in the battle to protect Scottish devolution - but how did we get here?

The National (Scotland)

Grieving families demand Humza Yousaf hands over Nicola Sturgeon's pandemic messages

Solicitors acting for bereaved families have demanded that the communications of the former First Minister, clinical director Jason Leitch and other key government figures are handed over.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf's top team pledge to 'act lawfully at all times' and be open on party finances

In an email to members, party bosses even pledged to act in a “lawful manner at all times” and will make sweeping changes to party governance and financial scrutiny.

Daily Record

Glass bottles row could sink Scotland’s deposit return scheme, first minister says

Humza Yousaf wrote to Rishi Sunak to say decision to remove glass containers from scheme has put environmental plan in ‘danger’

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Minister’s £1,200 private boat hire a good use of public funds, says Yousaf

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said the £1,200 spent by minister Lorna Slater on a private boat to get to the Isle of Rum was a good use of public…

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf defends minister's £1,200 private charter boat trip

Green circular economy minister Lorna Slater expensed a private boat trip 127 times the cost of a £9.40 CalMac return ticket.

The Independent UK

Yousaf accuses Scottish Labour of ‘hubris’ ahead of election

Humza Yousaf said his party was not complacent.

The Independent UK

Get around the table, DRS administrator tells governments

In a rare intervention, Circularity Scotland waded into the row.

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DRS may be scrapped next week if UK Government does not back down, Yousaf hints

The scheme has descended into a battle between the UK and Scottish governments.

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf calls on Rishi Sunak to revoke DRS glass exemption by Monday

Scotland’s First Minister has accused the UK Government of placing the deposit return scheme (DRS) in “grave danger” and called for conditions…

The Independent UK

UK Government putting deposit return scheme ‘in grave danger’, Yousaf claims

The lack of a full exemption to the Internal Market Act for the scheme has created another constitutional spat between governments.

The National (Scotland)

Police Scotland investigating extremist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

Police are looking into racist abuse and threats aimed at First Minister Humza Yousaf.

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf: There's 'never been a more important time' for Scottish independence

THERE has “never been a more important time” for Scotland to become independent, the First Minister has declared.

The Independent UK

Achieving independence has never been more important – Yousaf

An independent Scotland, the First Minister said, would be ‘built on the principles of a wellbeing economy’.

The National (Scotland)

'We'd start working more': Burnham backs calls for elected provosts in Scotland

ELECTED provosts in Scottish cities “just makes sense,” Labour Andy Burnham has said during a visit north of the border.

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