Holyrood ministers have been accused of putting an American hedge fund ahead of small businesses in Scotland in a row over the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
Scottish Conservative MSP Maurice Golden raised questions about the scheme’s administrator, Circularity Scotland, saying it had awarded a contract for waste management collections to Biffa – which he said was owned by a hedge fund.
Ministers had refused to extend the scope of Freedom of Information laws to Circularity Scotland, he said, branding it a “dereliction of duty that raises questions about procurement practices and dodgy dealings”.
