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Green Biodiversity Minister Lorna Slater

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Biffa threatens to sue Scottish Government over deposit return scheme
Biffa has threatened to sue the Scottish Government for £100million over the collapsed deposit return scheme, according to reports.

Circularity Scotland owes £70m following deposit return scheme collapse

Circularity Scotland owes £70m following deposit return scheme collapse

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Circularity Scotland owes £70m following deposit return scheme collapse

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

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Scottish Greens: A year of coalition friction and binned policies

Scottish National Investment Bank CEO, Al Denholm

Scottish National Investment Bank CEO, Al Denholm

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State bank to lose £8m from Circularity Scotland administration after DRS collapse

Colin Borland: The blunt and frustrating truth about pro-environment schemes

Colin Borland: The blunt and frustrating truth about pro-environment schemes

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Colin Borland: The blunt and frustrating truth about pro-environment schemes

Deposit return scheme on a ‘shaky peg’ for 2025, Coca-Cola boss warns

Deposit return scheme on a ‘shaky peg’ for 2025, Coca-Cola boss warns

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Deposit return scheme on a ‘shaky peg’ for 2025, Coca-Cola boss warns

Scottish drinks manufacturer remains steadfast with DRS

Scottish drinks manufacturer remains steadfast with DRS

Business Insight

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Scottish drinks manufacturer remains steadfast with DRS

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Yousaf backs state bank's £9m recycling loan worth as little as '£0'

Green Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Green Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

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Slater warns DRS 'at mercy of UK' as she refutes claim policy binned 'prematurely'

Alister Jack and Sir Edward Mountain

Alister Jack and Sir Edward Mountain

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Alister Jack accused of messing about Holyrood committee by Tory MSP

Scottish Greens' first MSP quits in protest over trans rights and independence

Scottish Greens' first MSP quits in protest over trans rights and independence

Bute House Agreement

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Scottish Greens' first MSP quits in protest over trans rights and independence

Willie Watt, chairman of the Scottish National Investment Bank, was adamant there was no ministerial involvement in the decision to lend £9m to Circularity Scotland

Willie Watt, chairman of the Scottish National Investment Bank, was adamant there was no ministerial involvement in the decision to lend £9m to Circularity Scotland

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Brian Wilson: Just why did our national bank blow £9m on DRS?

State-backed bank to lose millions of taxpayers' cash loaned to failed DRS firm

State-backed bank to lose millions of taxpayers' cash loaned to failed DRS firm

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State-backed bank could lose millions of taxpayers' cash loaned to failed DRS firm

Rishi Sunak and Alister Jack

Rishi Sunak and Alister Jack

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Rishi Sunak: Case for blocking Holyrood legislation has been 'crystal clear'

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Slater branded 'astonishingly inept' over £86m cost of failed recycling scheme

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Vicky Allan: As climate change bites, Tory leader Ross brands green policies extreme

PM defends DRS veto as he insists Holyrood world's 'most powerful devolved assembly'

PM defends DRS veto as he insists Holyrood world's 'most powerful devolved assembly'

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PM defends DRS veto as he insists Holyrood world's 'most powerful devolved assembly'

Humza Yousaf has taken some major and concrete steps

Humza Yousaf has taken some major and concrete steps

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Neil Mackay: The SNP is a deflating balloon, on every front its future is bleak

The Deposit Return Scheme has been postponed

The Deposit Return Scheme has been postponed

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Herald Poll: Was the Scottish Government right to postpone DRS scheme?

Humza Yousaf and Lorna Slater

Humza Yousaf and Lorna Slater

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Official report warned DRS recycling scheme was riddled with problems

Lorna Slater this week survived a vote of confidence

Lorna Slater this week survived a vote of confidence

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Slater's misguided obstinance and poor judgment will cost the country dear

SNIB chair Willie Watt

SNIB chair Willie Watt

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State bank could lose £9m of public money on deposit return scheme

Fergus Ewing and Lorna Slater

Fergus Ewing and Lorna Slater

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Fergus Ewing facing loss of SNP whip over 'sack Lorna Slater vote'

Lorna Slater narrowly avoids vote of no confidence

Lorna Slater narrowly avoids vote of no confidence

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Deposit Return Scheme: SNP and Greens defeat vote of no confidence in Lorna Slater

‘Including glass from the outset massively compounded the complexity of the Deposit Return Scheme’

‘Including glass from the outset massively compounded the complexity of the Deposit Return Scheme’

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Deposit Return Scheme: Circularity Scotland calls in administrators

Lorna Slater in the Scottish Parliament

Lorna Slater in the Scottish Parliament

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Greens accuse Tories of misogyny as they table vote of no confidence in Lorna Slater

Is Scotland treated like a British colony?

Is Scotland treated like a British colony?

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Today's reality is that Scotland is the last colony of the British Empire

Where can you recycle in Torridge?

Where can you recycle in Torridge?

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Circularity Scotland moves closer to collapse as drinks firms pull funding

Angus Robertson

Angus Robertson

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Angus Robertson warns of 'Westminster rule by stealth' in Scotland

Lorna Slater is responsible for the DRS

Lorna Slater is responsible for the DRS

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Scotland's 20p deposit charge could change if UK 'impose' DRS on devolved nations

Members of the news media outside Nicola Sturgeon's home on Sunday

Members of the news media outside Nicola Sturgeon's home on Sunday

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Is Scotland to be the only country where justice is pursued?

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Humza Yousaf confirms 'no case' to give businesses deposit return compensation

Lorna Slater has delayed the deposit return scheme

Lorna Slater has delayed the deposit return scheme

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Revealed: Ministers raised DRS concerns three years ago despite '11th hour' claim

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Agenda: Policy makers must put differences aside for the sake of the climate

Lorna Slater announced the fourth delay to the DRS

Lorna Slater announced the fourth delay to the DRS

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Businesses to sue Scottish Government over deposit return scheme delay

Alister Jack telling the Commons of his decision to invoke Section 35 with regards to the Scottish Government's Gender Recognition Act

Alister Jack telling the Commons of his decision to invoke Section 35 with regards to the Scottish Government's Gender Recognition Act

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What hope is there for Holyrood when the mantra is 'do as you're told'?

Campaigners fear Scottish deposit return scheme may now be delayed 'indefinitely'

Campaigners fear Scottish deposit return scheme may now be delayed 'indefinitely'

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Campaigners fear Scottish deposit return scheme may now be delayed 'indefinitely'

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

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Calling the UK Government's bluff on glass for the DRS has spectacularly failed

Is it time to pull the plug on DRS?

Is it time to pull the plug on DRS?

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Poll: Should the Scottish Government push ahead with the DRS scheme?

Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme delayed until October 2025 at the earliest

Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme delayed until October 2025 at the earliest

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Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme delayed until October 2025 at the earliest

Lorna Slater is in charge of the deposit return scheme

Lorna Slater is in charge of the deposit return scheme

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Timeline: How the Scottish deposit return scheme stand-off unfolded

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DRS on brink of collapse after UK misses SNP's deadline to change tune over glass

The island of Gigha saw a community buyout in 2002. Should other rural and island areas be seeking greater autonomy?

The island of Gigha saw a community buyout in 2002. Should other rural and island areas be seeking greater autonomy?

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We must loosen Holyrood's grip on rural Scotland before it's too late

Scottish Green Party Leader Lorna Slater takes part in a demonstration outside the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture date: Friday February 25, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Ukraine

Scottish Green Party Leader Lorna Slater takes part in a demonstration outside the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture date: Friday February 25, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Ukraine

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Slater seeks talks with UK Government to discuss 'modified' Deposit Return Scheme

Scotland’s deposit return scheme can go ahead – but without glass bottles, the UK Government has said (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Scotland’s deposit return scheme can go ahead – but without glass bottles, the UK Government has said (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Drinks producers urge Scottish Government to push on with DRS despite glass ban

'In Scotland there’s only chaos around environmental policies '

'In Scotland there’s only chaos around environmental policies '

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Neil Mackay: Scotland has entered a dangerous circle of political self-harm

Yousaf accuses Jack of 'intentionally misleading and false' comments on DRS

Yousaf accuses Jack of 'intentionally misleading and false' comments on DRS

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Yousaf accuses Jack of making 'intentionally misleading and false' comments on DRS

Humza Yousaf wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and warned that the demands would

Humza Yousaf wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and warned that the demands would

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Humza Yousaf urges PM to revoke DRS glass exclusion demand by Monday

Innis and Gunn's founder Dougal Sharp, Picture: Gordon Terris

Innis and Gunn's founder Dougal Sharp, Picture: Gordon Terris

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Innis and Gunn founder brands deposit return scheme 'bonfire of chaos'

Rishi Sunak and Humza Yousaf

Rishi Sunak and Humza Yousaf

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Neil Mackay: Tory attack on DRS is proxy war to destroy devolution

Gordon Brown during Thursday evening’s Making Britain Work For Scotland rally organised by Our Scottish Future at Central Hall in Edinburgh

Gordon Brown during Thursday evening’s Making Britain Work For Scotland rally organised by Our Scottish Future at Central Hall in Edinburgh

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Letters: So now we know: vote Labour and you get a Tory twin

The 2014 referendum was operated on a 50per-cent +1 basis, but what should be the requirement for a second poll?

The 2014 referendum was operated on a 50per-cent +1 basis, but what should be the requirement for a second poll?

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There can be no justification for a two-thirds rule in Indyref2

Tennent's anger over UK Government's deposit return scheme glass exclusion demand

Tennent's anger over UK Government's deposit return scheme glass exclusion demand

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Tennent's anger over UK Government's deposit return scheme glass exclusion demand

Would independence supporters be better served by turning down the dial?

Would independence supporters be better served by turning down the dial?

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If Yes camp had any sense, they would calm down and try to convert us

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