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Dr Adam Read MBE, Chief Sustainability Officer at SUEZ UK, says:“ It’ s quite a similar set of activities to the one we’ re already doing for curbside sorted material, where we’ re dealing with segregated material and giving it a quality check.
“ You might do it at a site next door to the one you’ ve got, you might run it through some sites that are used to dealing with clean material, but ultimately, there’ s an awful lot more data points that we’ re going to have to register.
“ That’ s going to be the big change for the waste and resource industry – everything in a DRS is going to have to be scanned and accountable for, because otherwise the money flows won’ t be there.”
Exchange for Change The UK Deposit Management Organisation( UK DMO), trading under the name Exchange for Change, is the not-for-profit body responsible for delivering the UK’ s DRS.
Exchange for Change’ s role is to create the infrastructure needed in the UK to successfully run the scheme, including how packaging is collected, sorted and processed, as well as the financial aspects of the scheme.
In April 2026, the organisation confirmed that the deposit value will be £ 0.20( US $ 0.27). This rate was decided following a period of consultation and analysis of existing DRS across Europe and worldwide.
100 July 2026