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					<dc:description>These Regulations make provision for the operation of a deposit and return scheme (“the scheme”) for “scheme articles”, which are drinks that are intended to be sold to consumers in Scotland and are contained in single-use packaging made from polyethelene terephthalate plastic, glass, aluminium and steel, and “scheme packaging”, being the packaging for those articles.</dc:description>
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