DRS Material Recycling Rate Update
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) aims to achieve a recycling rate of 90% by its third year of implementation.
In order to understand the improvement this represents compared to current recycling performance, Zero Waste Scotland commissioned a study to calculate the latest recycling rates for different types of drinks containers.
The analysis makes use of the latest Waste Composition Analysis results, supplemented with additional information provided by local authorities and data from WasteDataFlow.
DRS Evidence & Insights
The document below is a technical description of the methodology developed for Zero Waste Scotland by Gather Scotland Ltd. to inform the calculation of the environmental benefits of the upcoming DRS scheme. The intended audience for this work are analysts and researchers providing evidence on current recycling performance of containers in Scotland.
