Projects in Australia

Sustainability Solutions

Solving your sustainability challenges

We help organisations to make the optimal decision, to act with conviction and to deliver with certainty in an uncertain world. We ensure our clients can balance environmental, social and commercial priorities, creating long-term value for their business and stakeholders.

Sectors

Supporting all sectors

SLR supports a wide range of industry sectors, partnering with organisations facing some of the world's toughest sustainability challenges. Working alongside clients locally while drawing on expertise from across the globe, we bring knowledge of acute challenges together with proven solutions from across sectors and geographies.

Services

Project partnership

We collaborate with clients throughout their project life-cycle, helping them chart their strategic path, protect their assets, strengthen operational resilience and deliver important projects.

Content Hub

A man depositing a plastic bottle in a deposit return scheme bank

Insight

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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Our mission

SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen.

We achieve this by bringing together strategic advisory expertise, deep scientific and engineering knowledge grounded in real-world experience, and trusted data and digital capabilities. Together, these integrated strengths help clients weigh risk, reward and resilience and move from ambition to practical action that delivers measurable, lasting impact.

Country spotlight

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Sutherland, New South Wales

Confidential

Built Environment

Sutherland shop-top housing

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Project
Australia

Altus Group

Government & Infrastructure

ASRS roadmap and climate scenario analysis for Altus Group

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Project
Australia

The Arnott's Group

Industry & Technology

Arnott's Sustainability Report

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Project
Sydney, Australia

Multiplex

Built Environment

Waste Management Plan for the New Sydney Fish Market

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Project
Australia

Westpac Banking Group Pty Ltd

Built Environment

Town planning guidance for Westpac Banks

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Project
Australia and New Zealand

Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Industry & Technology

Sustainable Procurement Assessment for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

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Project
Australia and New Zealand

Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Industry & Technology

Sustainability Benchmarking for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

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Project
Australia and New Zealand

Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Industry & Technology

Materiality Assessment for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

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Queensland, Australia

Brisbane Airport Corporation

Government & Infrastructure

Brisbane Airport new parallel runway

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Various locations across Australia and New Zealand

Auckland, Bankstown, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Perth and Sydney Airports

Government & Infrastructure

Expert advice to the Australian and New Zealand Aviation Authority

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Project
Cairns, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand

BELFOR Deutschland GmbH

Industry & Technology

Superyacht occupational hygiene services

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New South Wales, Australia

Confidential

Energy

New South Wales proposed solar farm

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We're here to support you in Making Sustainability Happen. Get in touch for a collaborative discussion about what that could look like for your organisation.

Our locations

Sustainability Solutions

Solving your sustainability challenges

Sectors

Supporting all sectors

Services

Project partnership

Content Hub

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

About

Our mission

SLR’s purpose is Making Sustainability Happen.

Country spotlight

Sutherland shop-top housing

ASRS roadmap and climate scenario analysis for Altus Group

Arnott's Sustainability Report

Waste Management Plan for the New Sydney Fish Market

Town planning guidance for Westpac Banks

Sustainable Procurement Assessment for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Sustainability Benchmarking for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Materiality Assessment for Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Brisbane Airport new parallel runway

Expert advice to the Australian and New Zealand Aviation Authority

Superyacht occupational hygiene services

New South Wales proposed solar farm

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