First Minister Humza Yousaf is considering pausing the introduction of Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
In the campaign to be SNP leader, he pledged to exempt small firms from the scheme for its first year if he was chosen to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.
With ministers at Holyrood continuing to come under pressure over the scheme, which is due to come in on 16 August, a spokesman said a pause is now being looked at.
