SLR's Jeremy Smith published in Planning Resource

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Assessing the impact of the Deposit Return Scheme on UK material recycling facilities

28 October 2026

13 minutes read

SLR’s Sustainable Waste team discuss the impacts of the UK Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), which has long been discussed across the waste industry.

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Post Date: 05 May 2022
Read Time: 1 minute

SLR’s Jeremy Smith (Technical Discipline Manager for Landscape Architecture) was featured in Planning Resource magazine last week. In an article discussing the contested issue of valued landscape, Jeremy is quoted on the subject, sharing his views on the use of guidelines for resolving whether a landscape is indeed valued.

The online version is only available to subscribers. If you do have a log-in you can view the article on Planning Resource online. And if you happen to have a copy to hand, Jeremy is featured on page 14.

Assessing the impact of the Deposit Return Scheme on UK material recycling facilities

SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen.

SLR's Jeremy Smith published in Planning Resource

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