By Ian Quinn2021-05-07T08:50:00+01:00
The discounter decided its priority was to concentrate on the rollout of DRS in Scotland
Lidl has quit an industry group set up to explore the use of a digital deposit return scheme (DDRS) amid fears it could detract from the UK rollout of a conventional store-based model.
The retailer, alongside Aldi, Co-op, Ocado, suppliers Diageo and Danone and the BRC, had been part of the Digital DRS Industry Working Group, which The Grocer reported last week plans to launch a major trial of DDRS. The trial could reduce the need for conventional reverse vending machines, estimated to cost £1bn a year.
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