{"id":811340,"date":"2026-10-23T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811340\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:36:11","slug":"deposit-return-scheme-sentiment-uk-shoppers-are-willing-but-will-convenience-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811340\/","title":{"rendered":"Deposit Return Scheme sentiment: UK shoppers are willing, but will convenience deliver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"9uu1c\">However, collection services that eliminate the need for a separate trip attract even greater interest.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5gh6u\">More than four in five shoppers (84%) say they would be likely to use a collection service alongside regular household recycling. Dedicated home collections appeal to 75%, followed by grocery delivery collections (61%).<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fn16n\">Age differences are particularly noticeable for grocery delivery collections. Nearly three-quarters of 25\u201334-year-olds (73%) would be likely to use this option, compared with slightly more than half (51%) of those aged 55 and over.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9nrbb\">These preferences highlight the appeal of integrating container returns into existing household routines, rather than requiring additional journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Could Deposit Return Scheme return points influence UK shopping habits?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7uie3\">The Deposit Return Scheme could have implications beyond recycling, potentially influencing shoppers&#8217; choice of retailer.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"20prp\">Nearly two-thirds (64%) say they would be more likely to shop at a retailer that makes it easy to return drinks containers and reclaim their deposit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, collection services that eliminate the need for a separate trip attract even greater interest. More than four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}