Lorna Slater tells Kate Forbes to call helpline as Scottish Government splits over deposit return scheme
The Scottish Government has split over a key recycling policy after Lorna Slater suggested a fellow minister who has pledged to halt the plan may not understand how it works.
Kate Forbes yesterday warned the scheme could cause "economic carnage" if implemented as it currently stands. The Green MSP said: "No-one with any credibility to support business in Scotland would delay the scheme any further because those businesses that have made that substantial investment, those shops that have got their planning permission for their reverse vending machines, they don’t get their return on that investment until those 20 pences start flowing.
"I would encourage anyone who has questions on how the scheme works to contact Circulatory Scotland or SEPA, these are the bodies of expertise." Humza Yousaf, the frontrunner in the SNP leadership race, has said he would keep smaller businesses exempt from the scheme for at least the first year of operation if he becomes First Minister.
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