A Deposit-return Scheme for Drink Containers

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 22 June 2021.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 2:01, 22 June 2021

Can I welcome the response given by the First Minister? I think this is something that many people across the Chamber are very much in favour of. On Friday, I met with pupils from Glyncollen school online, who were unanimously in favour of a deposit-return scheme. I told them about the old Corona pop scheme, which I mention fairly regularly here. Does the First Minister agree that the Welsh Government doing it is massively positive, but an all-UK programme would be much better? It would make it easier for firms to make sure that they can be bought in Chester and taken back in Wrexham, making it much easier for the scheme to work. Yes, I think we all would like a Welsh scheme, but an all-Britain scheme would be so much better.