Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Not Addressed
Deposit return scheme estimated to cost £330 million annually after unredeemed deposits.
Conclusion
The deposit return scheme for single-use plastic and metal drinks containers will be funded by the companies producing the containers. The Department estimated the deposit return scheme to have at an average annual cost of £621 million (2020 present values, 2019 prices), reduced to £330 million (2020 present values, 2019 prices) after accounting for estimated unredeemed deposits.29
Government Response Summary
The response simply restates that a deposit return scheme will be established.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The deposit return scheme in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which will place a redeemable deposit on all single-use plastic and metal drinks containers up to three litres in volume.