Holyrood accuses Tories of trying to ‘sabotage’ deposit return scheme

Conservative ministers ruled Scotland would have to remove glass bottles from its environmental initiative

The UK government has been accused of trying to “sabotage” Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) after it ruled the environmental initiative could only go ahead if glass bottles were removed from its remit.

Lorna Slater, the Scottish government minister responsible for implementing DRS, said ministers at Holyrood would have to “look very seriously at where this leaves the viability of the Scottish scheme”.