SHOPPERS going to Peebles Market keen to have their say on a Scottish deposit return scheme are urged to talk to Zero Waste Scotland’s team this weekend (Saturday, August 25).

The Zero Waste Scotland team will be at the Peebles Farmers Market by the Eastgate Theatre from 10am to give local people an opportunity to share their thoughts on how a deposit return scheme could work best for them – making their views count on choices such as the level of deposit, which products should have a deposit on them, where they should be able to take their empty drinks containers to get the deposit back, and whether they’d like the option to donate the deposit instead.

Under a deposit return scheme, customers pay a small deposit when they buy drinks in, for example, a bottle or a can, and then get the deposit back when they return the empty container for recycling.

A public consultation on a deposit return scheme for Scotland was launched by the Scottish Government on June 27, 2018, and will last for three months.

This event is part of a series of events hosted by Zero Waste Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government.

Get more info at www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/deposit-return-scheme-events.