Public engagement events
Have your say on deposit return at our series of public engagement events
We are inviting the people of Scotland to come and have a chat about Scotland’s deposit return scheme.
We will be out and about at a series of events, tourist attractions and public places over the next few months, to chat to people about Scotland’s forthcoming deposit return scheme and ask them what they think about how key aspects of the scheme could work here.
The team will have a presence at locations across the country to raise awareness that Scotland is set to introduce a deposit return scheme and that the Scottish Government’s public consultation on it is now live. Members of the public can submit a full consultation response online on the Scottish Government website, and we’ll also be chatting to people about some of the main questions that the consultation asks at these events.
Already held:
- 29th June Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre, Glasgow
- 25th July Deep Sea World, North Queensferry
- 27-29 July ButeFest, Isle of Bute
- 1st August Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
- 4th August Lewis Festival, Stornoway
- 11th August European Open Water Swimming Championships, Balloch
- 12th August Aviemore Triathlon
- 12th August Helix Park, Falkirk
- 22nd August St. Enoch Centre, Glasgow
- 24th August Scottish Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Loch of the Lowes, Perthshire
- 25th August Peebles Market
- 26th August Kirkintilloch Canal Festival – Gala Sunday
- 28th August Bon Accord Shopping Centre, Aberdeen
- 31st August Dundee Food and Flower Show
- 31st August Speirs Centre, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
- 1-2 September Edinburgh Mela
- 2nd September South Ayrshire Air Show
- 3rd September Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley
- 3-4 September Co-op, Lerwick, Shetland
- 5th September Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness
- 7th September Dumfries town centre
- 7th September Oak Mall, Inverclyde
- 9th September Grampian Motorcycle Convention, Alford, Aberdeenshire
- 11th September Stirling Central Library, Stirling
- 13th September Scottish Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre, Montrose Basin
- 14-16 September Perth Food and Drink Festival
- 14th September East Kilbride Shopping Centre, South Lanarkshire
- 16th September Newmilns Festival, East Ayrshire
- 17th September North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, Motherwell
- 19th September Barrhead Foundry, East Renfrewshire
- 20th September Dalkeith Library, Midlothian
- 20th September Rivergate Shopping Centre, Irvine, North Ayrshire
- 21st September Livingston Designer Outlet, Livingston, West Lothian
- 22nd September Elgin Library, Moray
- 24th September Kirkwall and Stromness HWRCs, Orkney
If you’re interested in Scotland’s deposit return scheme, or would just like to come down and speak to us about any aspect of reducing, re-using and recycling, then come and speak to us.
You can respond in full to the Scottish Government consultation here, and find more information about deposit return schemes here.