Plans have been lodged to install bottle return machines at a number of locations in Glasgow in light of new container recycling rules coming next year.
Firm Scotsman Group has submitted planning applications to erect the deposit return scheme facilities beside One O One shops in the Easterhouse , Drumchapel, Cardonald and Maryhill areas.
It comes as Scotland gets ready to roll out a deposit return scheme in March next year, which will see customers pay a 20p deposit when they buy a drink in a single-use container. They will get the money back when they return the empty bottle or can.
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All drinks that come in PET plastic, metal and glass containers are included.
Scotsman Group has applied for permission to install infrastructure for the return of containers as the launch of the new scheme approaches.
There is a bid to add a 'reverse vending machine' and enclosure at 6 Rozelle Avenue “in connection” with an adjacent One O One shop.
Another application from the firm shows plans for the recycling unit at 60 Lyoncross Road in the Cardonald area.
A third unit is to be installed at a site beside 85 Lochend Road in Easterhouse.
The company has also submitted an additional planning application for the facility at 1407 Maryhill Road.
A planning application description lodged with the four proposals said: “Erection of external housing to securely contain a deposit return scheme machine in connection with the adjacent One O One Retail Unit in accordance with the national recycling bottle return scheme.”
Glasgow City Council has listed the planning applications as “pending consideration.”
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