Eunomia provided written evidence to the Government’s Environmental Audit Committee for their inquiry into Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups and Plastic Bottles.

The written evidence explores how plastic bottles and other beverage containers can be better managed to prevent litter and more fully respect the waste hierarchy. This included exploring deposit refund schemes as a possibility for reducing packaging waste. Eunomia has carried out a number of studies into the most desirable design features of DRSs, and the effects of DRSs in jurisdictions where they are implemented. It has developed a clear view as to how a scheme should be set up in order to maximise its potential to reduce litter and increase high quality recycling, while minimising costs to producers.

Eunomia’s Head of Environmental Policy & Economics, Chris Sherrington, also gave evidence to the committee on deposit refund schemes for beverage containers in the UK as part of the inquiry.

The written and oral evidence provided by Eunomia fed into the final reports produced by the Environmental Audit Committee on coffee cups and plastic bottles.

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