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Circularity Scotland

Nicola Benedetti at the Edinburgh International Festival programme launch (pic: Mihaela Bodlovic)

How about Scottish Government investing in something worthwhile? - Susan Dalgety

The scheme is due to start next August.

Deposit Return Scheme concerns raised by local breweries

Waste management company Biffa has been given a 10-year contract to handle the logistics of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) when it begins next year.

Biffa awarded 10-year contract for deposit return scheme

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater says it will be "full steam ahead" for the deposit return scheme.

Minister pledges ‘full steam ahead’ for deposit return scheme for summer 2023

Environmental campaigners have accused businesses of seeking to further delay Scotland’s planned deposit return scheme.

Campaigners fear further delay to Scotland’s deposit return scheme

Newly formed not-for-profit firm Circularity Scotland has been named as administrator for Scotland's reverse-vending recycling scheme, which is due to be rolled out in July 2022

Payback time: how new Scottish recycling system can help save the planet