Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.

Ocean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide

68% of people would be likely to return drinks containers during shopping trips once the UK’s DRS launches, new research finds.

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation starts applying across the EU on 12 August, placing design, waste and reuse rules under one directly applicable framework—but many of its most visible targ...

After decades of mostly failed attempts to make reusable bottles, tubs and cups work, looming waste-reduction laws are forcing companies to take a harder look at putting drinks, food and everyday groc...

Explore deposit return systems through Reloop's Inside film series. Discover how leading schemes operate and the lessons they offer for circular economy policy and practice.

The scheme launched in 2024 and has seen over 2.5 billion bottles recycled since then

Well-designed legislation is the foundation of successful Deposit Return Systems (DRS). As many regions and countries, especially in the Global South, consider adopting these systems, we aim to showca...

The UK’s Deposit Return Scheme will operate under the name Exchange for Change, the UK Deposit Management Organisation has announced.

In Aarhus, Denmark a successful scheme which collects and washes cups for a small deposit has stopped more than one million so far from being binned

In this podcast we cover developments in Australia’s Container Deposit Schemes and the evolving Extended Producer Responsibility landscape in New Zealand.

Accurate and up-to-date global data on deposit return systems for single-use beverage containers.

In this podcast, we discuss what has been happening over the five rounds of negotiations and what to expect next.

As people in Galloway, and further afield, are being asked to contribute their views on a new National Park to the official consultation, our Director, Kat Jones, contemplates the campaign that is bei...

Drawing on data from 210 countries to examine trends in sales, collection and wastage of drinks containers.

The House of Commons voted 352 to 75, majority 277, in favour of the proposal designed to incentivise recycling of drinks containers.