{"id":1385,"date":"2019-08-02T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2019-08-02T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:40:56","slug":"in-the-news-deposit-return-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2019\/08\/02\/in-the-news-deposit-return-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Deposit Return Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen in the Scotsman an opinion piece from the Scottish Beer and Pub Association regarding our proposal to include glass in our Deposit Return Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>A Scottish Government spokesperson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year\u2019s public consultation signalled support for an ambitious deposit return scheme. We believe there is strong public support for including glass in that scheme and the wider benefits are clear, delivering increased recycling rates, reductions in carbon emissions and reductions in glass litter.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware that some businesses have concerns about its inclusion.  The Scottish Government is committed to working with them to implement the scheme in a way which addresses those concerns and helps to realise potential benefits \u2013 including cost savings for hospitality businesses who otherwise have to pay for empty glass bottles to be disposed of and for glass recyclers who will be able to access better quality material.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen in the Scotsman an opinion piece from the Scottish Beer and Pub Association regarding our proposal to include glass in our Deposit Return Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>A Scottish Government spokesperson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year\u2019s public consultation signalled support for an ambitious deposit return scheme. 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The Scottish Government is committed to working with them to implement the scheme in a way which addresses those concerns and helps to realise potential benefits \u2013 including cost savings for hospitality businesses who otherwise have to pay for empty glass bottles to be disposed of and for glass recyclers who will be able to access better quality material.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[134,23],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-uncategorized","tag-deposit-return-scheme","tag-scotland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In the news: Deposit Return Scheme - Rural and Environment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2019\/08\/02\/in-the-news-deposit-return-scheme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the news: Deposit Return Scheme - Rural and Environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You may have seen in the Scotsman an opinion piece from the Scottish Beer and Pub Association regarding our proposal to include glass in our Deposit Return Scheme.  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