Call for evidence outcome

Drinks containers – reducing litter and increasing recycling: call for evidence

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 October 2017
• Last updated: 28 March 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This call for evidence has closed

Read the full outcome

Voluntary and economics incentives working group report

PDF, 1.64 MB, 80 pages

Detail of outcome

We received 276 responses to the call for evidence, which the Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group have now analysed. The working group’s report summarises these responses and also includes the views of the working group.

Later this year there will be a further consultation on how a deposit return system for drinks containers could work.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

Seeking evidence on ways to reduce litter and increase recycling / reuse of drinks containers, including deposit and reward and return schemes.

This call for evidence was held on another website.

This call for evidence ran from
3pm on 2 October 2017 to 11:45pm on 20 November 2017

Call for evidence description

We are seeking views and evidence on ways to reduce littering and improve recycling and reuse of drinks containers. In particular, we want to know what evidence there is on the benefits and disadvantages of different types of deposit and reward and return schemes (DRS).

Your responses will be used by the independent Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group to give advice to government. This forms part of government’s commitment to its Litter Strategy for England.

If any commercially sensitive information is submitted to us in response to the call for evidence, we will remove details which could identify those who wrote it, before we share it with the Working Group.

Published 2 October 2017
Last updated 28 March 2018 + show all updates

1. 28 March 2018

   Voluntary & Economics Incentives Working Group Report, which summarises the responses to this call for evidence and the working group's recommendations, added.

2. 27 October 2017

   The deadline for this call for evidence has now been extended to Monday 20 November.

3. 2 October 2017

   First published.