Deposit Return Scheme

ACS has welcomed confirmation from Exchange for Change that grant support will be offered to small independent retailers that host reverse vending machines under the Deposit Return Scheme. 

In details published this week, Deposit Return Scheme administrators Exchange for Change have stated that £60m will be allocated to the provision of grants of £6,000 per site for small independent retailers that are seeking to host a reverse vending machine. This grant will be allocated over a three year period at £2,000 per year. 

The Welsh Government have been given the green light to press ahead with plans to introduce its own Deposit Return Scheme in Wales, which includes glass.

The UK Government has granted the Welsh Government an exemption to the Internal Markets Act, which allows them to go ahead with a deposit return scheme that diverges from that being introduced in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.