Circularity Scotland has announced an increase of up to 19% in the return handling fees for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland, following consultation with industry and independent analysis by PwC.
Scotland’s DRS will go live in August, aiming to prevent billions of drinks bottles and cans each year from ending up as waste. When the scheme is introduced, a 20p deposit will be applied on all single use drinks containers sold in Scotland, which people will then get back when they take their bottles and cans to any return point.
Under the scheme, retailers and businesses across Scotland will act as these return points and the handling fee is the amount that they will be paid per container to cover their operational costs in being part of the scheme.
