Another Financial Headache For Scottish Government As Company Sues Over Scrapped Bottle Return Scheme

19th June 2024

A waste management firm has started a £200million court claim against Scottish ministers over the failed bottle recycling scheme.

Lawyers for Biffa Waste Services Ltd addressed judge Lord Clark at the Court of Session yesterday.

The company believes the Holyrood government is responsible for it incurring massive losses and it now wants to recover the money it sank into the collapsed Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) as well as other associated set-up costs.

Other companies are lining up to sue the Scottish Government for the losses incurred.

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