During the debate over the Deposit Return Scheme last week in Holyrood, Christine Grahame expressed concerns about job losses in the recycling industry when the scheme starts.
Ms Grahame said Resource Managaement Association Scotland had concerns about Biffa having the monopoly over DRS recycling, and risking 6,690 jobs.
The start of the DRS scheme was delayed from August to March earlier this week by First Minister Humza Yousaf, with Lorna Slater providing more detail on Thursday.
Under the Scottish Government initiative, a 20p deposit will be added to the price of drinks in cans and bottles which will be repaid to the consumer when they are returned to a retailer.
The scheme had previously caused concern among businesses, which Ms Slater said was primarily due to the UK Government not providing an exclusion to the Internal Market Act (IMA) and comments from Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.
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