{"id":734,"date":"2025-12-01T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:02:54","slug":"welsh-drs-to-launch-with-glass-as-in-scope-material-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/welsh-drs-to-launch-with-glass-as-in-scope-material-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh DRS to launch with glass as in-scope material"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wales has confirmed it will include glass as an in-scope material in its deposit return scheme at launch but no deposit will be charged on any glass containers.<\/h4>\n

The Welsh Government has confirmed plans to take a \u2018phased approach\u2019 on introducing glass and reuse into its deposit return scheme (DRS).<\/p>\n

Wales’s DRS will include glass as an in-scope material when it launches alongside the other UK nations’s schemes in October 2027. However, initially no deposit will be charged on glass containers as a transitional measure to manage interoperability with the other UK schemes.<\/p>\n

The schemes in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland<\/a> cover PET plastic, steel, and aluminium drinks containers, but exclude glass.<\/p>\n

The Welsh Government said a phased approach would avoid the \u2018significant risks and impacts\u2019 of DRSs being implemented within the other nations but not in Wales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year,\u00a0Wales withdrew from\u00a0developing an aligned DRS<\/a> across the UK. In a\u00a0written statement, Welsh Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies explained that Wales could not proceed with a DRS aligned across the UK due to issues caused by the UK Internal Market (UKIM) Act.<\/p>\n

Circular Online<\/em> learned that the Welsh Government\u00a0withdrew due to time constraints<\/a> that prevented the UK Government from considering a request for an exclusion from the UKIM Act.<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s\u00a0DRS collapsed in 2023<\/a> after the then Conservative Government declined a request for full exclusion from the UKIM Act, which meant it could not include glass in its scheme.<\/p>\n

In a written statement, the Deputy First Minister confirmed that the Welsh Government has now formally proposed an exclusion for the DRS in Wales to the UKIM Act.<\/p>\n

He continued that the Welsh Government have been clear that if an exclusion is not granted, then it will scrap its DRS plans.<\/p>\n

Irranca-Davies said the decision to take a \u2018phased approach\u2019 to glass and reuse followed engagement with businesses, recycling and reuse organisations, the Welsh Local Government Association, and environmental organisations.<\/p>\n

The Deputy First Minister continued that Wales has now made adaptations to the scheme to ensure interoperability across the UK following consultation feedback.<\/p>\n

Circular Online\u00a0<\/em>understands a detailed timeline for introducing a deposit on glass, as well as reuse targets, will be informed by consultation feedback and further engagement with industry.<\/p>\n

The UK Government are currently engaging with stakeholders to gather evidence on what impact an exclusion could have on the UK internal market.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told Circular Online<\/em>: “We have received the Welsh Government’s proposal for a UKIM Act exclusion for\u00a0their DRS, and now all parties to the Resources and Waste Common Framework are carefully considering this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Welsh Government also announced it has begun the process to appoint a Deposit Management Organisation (DMO) to run its scheme. Applications opened on 28 November, with the deadline for applications being Friday, 23 January 2026.<\/p>\n

Subject to the DRS Regulations being approved by the Senedd, the successful applicant can then be appointed by the Welsh Ministers from March 2026.<\/p>\n

Join Resource Cymru 2026 to hear leading experts break down the UK\u2019s upcoming deposit return schemes. Register your interest today<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Wales has confirmed it will include glass as an in-scope material in its deposit return scheme at launch but no deposit will be charged on any glass containers. The Welsh Government has confirmed plans to take a \u2018phased approach\u2019 on introducing glass and reuse into its deposit return scheme (DRS). Wales’s DRS will include…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textosbreves.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}