Deposit and Return Scotland

Drought is having a significant impact on our environment. Despite recent rain, fish, hedgehogs and garden birds are struggling, and wildfires have destroyed habitats. The National Drought Group united experts today to discuss drought management. gov.uk/government/new…

This skip hire company leased land to illegally store and process waste. Now, they're paying the price with a £48,000 penalty. If you're leasing your land to a waste company, don't get stung by waste criminals. Always check their permits. gov.uk/government/new…

@DonaldCMacleod @ThisIsBrucifer The SG didn’t come out of it very positively as they stamped their feet but let’s not kid ourselves that the ‘industry’ supported it. Despite being on the cards for 5 years, the industry buried their heads and spent a fortune on lobbying & spinning against it.

As you are well aware , the industry wasn’t against a DRS but the cackhanded and stupid political point scoring policy being rammed down our throats by Lorna and her business hating chums. We all said it was a very costly mistake and she refused to engage and listen to our sound advice ..and costly it has proved to be both to the nations coffers and her career. Why do you always stick up for them even when they are so obviously wrong ?

Shame there is no Deposit Return Scheme for this pair of economic illiterate vandals … DRS - Failed - £200 million. National Parks - Failed - £100 million Heat pumps & energy efficiency - Failed - £ 1.8 bn and rising ? In the short time they have had with their grubby fingers in the national till they have almost bankrupted the nation.. Never again 😡 @Iromg

@paulhutcheon @themajorityscot Did todays Defra announcement about a UK DRS approach (2027) based on the English model put the Greens over the edge. I assume the SG must have signed up.

NEW: The Scottish Lib Dems will support the Tory motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf. If Labour and the (furious) Greens also support it.....

As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court.

@Graham_Lay @MartinSLewis Because we’ve accepted it.

@MartinSLewis I’ve said this before too, the “we are currently experiencing high call volumes, please be patient” line wears thin. It should be, “we haven’t put in place enough resources to provide high quality service levels”

"We're taking a lot of calls right now, and the wait is much longer than usual, pls stay on the call right now..." BALDERDASH, BALONEY and other B words. I just (again) got this when calling a bank. It's not 'longer than usual', it is USUAL. Either hire more call operatives, or don't play the message. It's a lie and we all know it.

That’s playable ffs

Youri Tielemans came on for his Aston Villa debut with a camera attached to his chest. The pace of play, even in pre-season, is crazy.

@kvisleis Totally agree. Unfortunately the delivery partners have lost it. I’ve never witnessed an implementation as weak as this.

The dogs are working well for the beverage container industry. It’s not a pandemic, transition or economic crisis that will end them, it’s an environmental law, where they need to stop shirking their responsibility through EPR. Utter nonsense #drs scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/…

@WeDOScotland @NickNairn So you think complying with legislation is optional? What else are your group not complying with Health n Safety, Food Regs. Waste Regs, Welfare issues?

@NickNairn we salute you on #bbcdn “We need to work together.” We do & the business community MUST be engaged with & listened to. Paying lip service is nowhere near good enough nor remotely acceptable. There has to be considerable change. #scottishbusiness #scotland

Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation means @theSNP will have its 1st leadership election for nearly 20 years.This could be a turning point for the independence movement but only if we honestly appraise where things have gone wrong & radically reset our approach 1/16

@mikejtucker007 @NickNairn @lornaslater @bbcdebatenight Have you looked at Cutover? Check it out with CS.

Hi @lornaslater , I’m representing the industry that I’ve been part of for 40 years. We feel hugely unsettled by your DRS legislation, please join me on @bbcdebatenight tomorrow to reassure us that we have gotten this all wrong?

@dazza606 @LessWasteLaura Get ‘back’ in the car?

Love the amount of trolls on this Tweet, with the best argument being that I plant litter for photo ops. Well, can’t argue with this on my walk to work. Horrific amounts of litter, and a large chunk of it is drinks bottles/cans. #DepositReturnScheme

@_KateForbes @NicolaSturgeon Her care for people (apart from non SNP) ☺️

@gazza2209 @IndyBint @NickNairn @lornaslater @bbcdebatenight Do you remember your point?

@IndyBint @DepositScotland @NickNairn @lornaslater @bbcdebatenight You don’t think hard working families on the breadline but their kids “treats”? My argument is sound. Yours on the other hand is ridiculous

@cleanupbritain EPR. Let’s actually push producer responsibility.

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@RoselynGallen @NickNairn @lornaslater @bbcdebatenight Jesus wept. Stop conflating. Thugs can do that tonight. And do where I stay. Parks around here are covered with broken glass. I get you don’t like the legislation, it’s coming. I don’t like other areas which are regulated. That’s democracy at work unfortunately.

@RealStephenKerr She is part, but the rest of you are as well.

Sturgeon in her resignation speech bemoans the current toxic nature of politics. This is true, but given the campaigns she ran, and her "detesting the tories", can she pretend she isn't at least part responsible.

@Dogberr64603238 @Stewie613 @NickNairn @lornaslater @bbcdebatenight Wrong - I am as happy as you are at this time.