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Doubts UK Government will set up deposit return scheme by 2025 deadline

THE “onus” is on the UK Government to make a success of the deposit return scheme (DRS) but Scottish ministers are “cynical” that they will…

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Shopkeeper wins case against Circularity Scotland

Deposit Return Scheme administrator found to have incorrectly applied return handling fees for smaller retailers

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Alex Salmond: DRS court battle shows a 'textbook example of bureaucratic ineptitude'

THE deposit return scheme (DRS) court battle has shown how "unsoundly based and lost in its own ridiculous complexity," Alex Salmond has…

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Court rules method of setting up deposit return scheme was 'unlawful'

Lanarkshire shopkeeper Abdul Majid challenged the legality of the retailer handling fees which Circularity Scotland was trying to impose.

Daily Record

Wasteful spending of Scots taxpayer cash must be stopped

Record View says the public purse has lost hundreds of millions of pounds as a result, with little good coming from either.

Daily Record

Scottish National Investment Bank facing loss of £9m loan to Circularity Scotland

SCOTLAND’S state-owned investment bank is facing the loss of a £9 million loan to Circularity Scotland after the firm appointed administrators.

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Lorna Slater quizzed on £9m loan given to Circularity Scotland from national investment bank

The under-pressure Green MSP has faced repeated calls to resign from her government job following the collapse of the deposit return scheme.

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Slater unable to say if SNIB cash given to DRS administrator will be returned

National investment bank chair admits that the whole £9m investment could be lost as a result of Circularity Scotland going bust

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Circularity Scotland appoints administrators

Negotiations to secure funding were unsuccessful and the recycling scheme operators has ceased to trade

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Lorna Slater faces call to resign as deposit return scheme firm on brink of collapse

Circularity Scotland was meant to oversee the deposit return scheme but now stands on the brink of collapse after the recycling policy was shelved earlier this month.

Daily Record

Circularity Scotland appoints administrators as 'consequence' of UK intervention

CIRCULARITY Scotland has appointed administrators as an “unforgivable consequence” of the UK Government’s intervention over the deposit return…

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Circularity Scotland sends staff home amid uncertain DRS future

Scheme administrator not able to confirm whether workers will be paid for this month or whether they will be able to return to the office

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Deposit return scheme firm axes contractors after administration warning issued

EXCLUSIVE: Circularity Scotland's future is in doubt after an internal email revealed the firm could go bust

Daily Record

Circularity Scotland could collapse after DRS delay, leaked email says

THE company behind Scotland's delayed Deposit Return Scheme is at risk of collapse, a leaked email has indicated.

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Recycling firm behind deposit return scheme faces administration and staff could go unpaid

EXCLUSIVE: A leaked email from Circularity Scotland suggests it could collapse after the deposit return scheme was canned.

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Businesses consider suing Scottish Government over deposit return scheme delay

Retailers are threatening legal action against the Scottish Government after being left “out of pocket” by the latest delay to the deposit…

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Retailers threaten legal action over DRS delay

Federation of Independent Retailers representative claims shops have been left out of pocket by repeated delays

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Scotland's deposit return scheme to be delayed until 2025, Lorna Slater tells MSPs

SCOTLAND's deposit return scheme will be delayed until October 2025 after the UK Government refused to allow glass to be included, MSPs were told.

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Slater concedes DRS ‘cannot go ahead as planned’

Scheme administrator now looking at ways forward ahead of the planned launch date next March

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UK’s first deposit return scheme ‘cannot go ahead as planned’, minister says

Scottish circular economy minister Lorna Slater insisted the scheme, which has been passed by Holyrood, had been ‘show down’ by Westminster.

The Independent UK

Political row over Scotland’s deposit return scheme explained

The environmental initiative is at the centre of a political storm.

The National (Scotland)

Deposit Return Scheme can 'absolutely' work without glass, says operator

SCOTLAND'S Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) can “absolutely” go ahead without glass bottles included, according to the boss of the company…

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Scottish deposit return can ‘absolutely’ work without glass, operator insists

David Harris, chief executive of Circularity Scotland, said there would be ‘a risk to jobs and investment’ if the scheme does not go ahead.

Insider UK

Deposit return deadline looms as scheme faces uncertainty

Scottish Secretary urged the Prime Minister to not back down in row over inclusion of glass

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Alister Jack accused of 'totally inaccurate' DRS claim by Circularity Scotland

It comes after the UK Government told the Scottish Government that its recycling scheme could go ahead, but only if it excludes glass, as it…

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