Wales will not be a part of a four-nation deposit return scheme as it looks to include glass bottles, the Welsh government has announced.
Talks had been ongoing between UK governments to establish the scheme in which customers receive some money back for returning empty bottles.
The Welsh government had always maintained its intention was to include glass bottles as part of the scheme.
But the previous UK Conservative government ruled glass could not be included due to the Internal Market Act 2020.
The Scottish government’s scheme was delayed until at least October 2025 as a result with then first minister Humza Yousaf warning the UK government was “in danger of sinking this scheme in its entirety”.
Due to the position “inherited” by the new UK government, the Welsh government announced on Monday it would now press ahead with its own plan.
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