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Membership of the Deposit Return Scheme Implementation Advisory Group

The following organisations are members of the IAG. The membership is designed to represent those groups that will have a legal obligation under the scheme:

British Soft Drinks Association

Federation of Small Businesses

Natural Hydration Council

Scotch Whisky Association

Scottish Beer & Pub Association

Scottish Grocer’s Federation

Federation of Independent Retailers

Scottish Wholesale Association

Scottish Licensed Trade Association

Scottish Retail Consortium

UK Hospitality

Working groups

Working groups have been established to help inform decisions on how the scheme will operate. The groups have been split into two workstreams, administration & operations.

Administration workstreams:

  • Scheme administrator
  • Finance
  • Procurement
  • Social benefits

Operations workstreams:

  • Producer
  • Retailer
  • ICT/ Data
  • Logistics