Have your say on deposit return plan

Paisley people keen to have their say on a Scottish deposit return scheme are urged to go along and talk to Zero Waste Scotland’s team at The Lagoon Leisure Centre.

The team will give people an opportunity to share their thoughts on how a deposit return scheme could work best for them – making their views count on choices such as the level of deposit, which products should have a deposit on them, where they should be able to take their empty drinks containers to get the deposit back, and whether they’d like the option to donate the deposit instead.

Under a deposit return scheme, customers pay a small deposit when they buy drinks in, for example, a bottle or a can, and then get the deposit back when they return the empty container for recycling. A public consultation on a deposit return scheme for Scotland was officially opened by the Scottish Government on June 27, and will remain open until September 25.

Lesley Ure, of Zero Waste Scotland, said: “We have been really encouraged by the response from members of the public at all the events so far and we are looking forward to visiting Paisley and hearing from the local community.

“Now that a public consultation on a Scottish deposit return scheme is live we want as many people as possible to have their say.”

The event is on Monday, September 3, at 3pm.