A controversial new recycling initiative has been delayed for a second time. The Scottish Government’s deposit return scheme has been pushed back until the autumn of 2025 at the earliest, with circular economy minister Lorna Slater blaming the UK Government.
It was previously due to begin in August this year before being delayed until March 2024 after criticism from many in the hospitality industry.
Responding to the latest delay, Allen Henderson of Sulwath Brewers in Castle Douglas said: “It’s good news, but we’ve all wasted so much time, effort and money putting so much work into this, having a gun held to our heads and being scare mongered into potentially agreeing to something that’s potentially going to be detrimental to your business. “It was ill-conceived and ill-thought-out.
There’s virtually nobody in the industry doesn’t think it’s a good idea as a whole but it was just wrongly thought out in the first instance.
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