MPs tell govt to prioritise container deposit scheme

A parliamentary select committee has recommended the government prioritise a nationwide container deposit scheme.Bottle deposit schemes where people are paid a small amount – say 10 cents – when they returned a glass bottle was in place in New Zealand until the 1980s. They are still common around the world.The government said in 2019 it was looking at a wider container deposit scheme (CDS) as part of the wider waste minimisation strategy driven by then associate environment minister Eugenie Sage. Policy work is continuing, though an...