Deposit Return Scheme

Scottish Conservative MSPs tabled a motion of no confidence against Lorna Slater last week. MSPs in Parliament voted down the motion by 68 votes to 55

Scottish Greens will continue to deliver change that is needed here in Scotland ...

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Glass makes for a better deposit return scheme - Lorna Slater

Under the scheme, shoppers will return bottles and cans in a reverse-vending machine.

Getting money back on an empty bottle should not become a constitutional crisis

Lorna Slater. Picture: PA

Deposit Return Scheme vital to clean streets - Lorna Slater

Scotland's deposit return scheme is due to begin operating later this year

Why all the fuss about the deposit return scheme? It’s done all over the world

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity

DRS will be turning point for recycling - Lorna Slater

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Deposit return scheme is not fit for purpose - Sue Webber

Lorna Slater is the minister for green skills, circular economy and biodiversity

DRS will benefit communities and the planet - Lorna Slater

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Readers' letters: Clarkson is spouting hatred once again

The scheme is due to start next August.

Deposit Return Scheme concerns raised by local breweries

Pictured left to right: Jim Wilson, Bonnyrigg Rose Community Football,Trisha Sime, Community Development Manager Lorna Slater, Scottish Government Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Danielle Manson, Bonnyrigg Rose left back and Johnathan Brown, Bonnyrigg Rose Football Development manager.

Grassroots women's football teams recycling initiative launched in Bonnyrigg

Lidl’s store at the Newkirkgate Shopping Centre in Leith is closing for three months as it undergoes a major refurbishment.

Lidl supermarket in Leith to close until winter

Lorna Slater is a Lothian Green MSP and Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity

Think globally while doing all we can to tackle climate change locally - Lorna S...

The Lidl store is now the biggest in Scotland

Lidl Dalkeith reopens doors after revamp

An impression of how a bin hub could look in the New Town

Bid to delay New Town bin hubs rejected

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Jane Bickerstaffe: Deposit Return Scheme won't stop litterbugs
SELECTIVE measures such as deposit return schemes for drinks containers are not the way tackle the blight of litter, says Jane Bickerstaffe.
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