It was reported last week that the British Retail Consortium (BRC) had written to environment secretary Steve Reed to call for the scheme to be delayed.

The environmental charity pointed out that retailers have had “nine years to prepare for its implementation”.

The DRS was first announced in the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy. The government laid the first draft legislation for the scheme on 25 November last year which applies to England and Northern Ireland.

The Welsh government pulled out of a joint UK-wide DRS a week before the regulations were laid in parliament.

The scheme is currently set to come into effect in October 2027.

Keep Britain Tidy said that other schemes around the world receive 84% support from the public and that a poll in the UK indicated 69% were in support.

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