A new survey has found strong support amongst Scots for glass to remain in a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
Eight out of ten Scottish respondents to a poll commissioned by campaign group Nature 2030 said they want glass to still be included in the country’s delayed DRS scheme when in comes into effect in March 2024.
Survation polled 1,009 members of the Scottish public aged 18 and over following first minister Humza Yousaf’s announcement that Scotland’s DRS will be implemented on 1 March 2024 rather than August this year.
Scotland’s scheme had previously been welcomed by environmental campaigners due to the inclusion of glass, in contrast to the DRS scheme planned for south of the border which is due to come into effect in 2025 and which is expected to exclude the material.
Dominic Dyer, chair of Nature 2030, said, “It’s clear that the British population want to see glass included in the four nation’s DRS plans and the planet needs it. Until now, Scotland has been an outlier within the UK, a model to replicate. The delay brings cause for concern that Scotland will be dragged back into an English model of DRS that fails to protect nature and fails to satisfy the demands of the public. Scotland must continue to lead the way on recycling.”
