Lorna Slater accuses the UK government of sabotaging Scotland's deposit return scheme by excluding glass.
The other three UK nations are all due to launch their own scheme in October of next year.
The move means that the Scottish deposit return scheme would only be allowed to cover PET plastic, aluminium and steel cans. Glass has already been excluded from the proposals for England and Northern Ireland but is still included in Wales, with the Welsh government having not yet asked for an exemption.Deposit return schemes aim to increase recycling rates for single-use bottles and cans
The scheme had originally been due to launch in Scotland in July of last year but has twice been delayed amid concern about its implementation from many businesses which would be affected. "When Scottish ministers engage with other nations to share ideas and to promote Scotland as a place to visit, to study and to invest, the UK foreign secretary issues a diktat to overseas embassies to silence and side-line them.
She added: "Instead, we are now being forced to examine whether the deliberate sabotage by the UK government leaves us something we can make work.
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