Get your bottled water before the price increases due to the new deposit recycle scheme 1/2/24

boardz

24 packs will go up by €3.60 regardless of brand

daheff

refundable though.

whisky_galore

Save on bottled water by drinking tap water.

maneno

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696194#Comment_121696194

Same tap water that has been deemed dangerous?

tphase

no increase in the price of tap water💦

Roberto_gas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058333923/dont-forget-to-stock-up-on-bottled-water-before-the-price-almost-doubles-thurdsay

yes but u get your deposit back

left_hander

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696201#Comment_121696201

Same bottled water full of microplastics? I'll stick to the tap water thanks!

It won't double in price either, in fact it won't change price at all. You just need to keep your bottle and get your refund back.

ooter

Not coming in fully till June I thought so you should be still able to buy at current prices till then?

5 litre bottles won't be effected.

I was speaking to the manager of my local supervalu about this, and he said they cannot increase the prices until the bottles with the recycle code/symbol are on them, and they're not even available to them yet.

jimgoose

I already pay handsomely to have my recyclables dealt with. Taking my money and refusing to give it back until I put said recyclables in the car and take them to some blasted machine at a shop is a brainless, borderline criminal act typical of Amazing Idjit Boy Ryan and his moron compadres.

rubadub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696266#Comment_121696266

Don't forget the paper voucher it spits out! fcuk the trees.

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696201#Comment_121696201

Know anyone who died drinking it?

There maybe some trouble spots but it's not like drinking tap water in India.

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696201#Comment_121696201

Where has tap water been deemed dangerous to drink?

Where boil water notices are issued? So the minority of places?

wingnut

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696382#Comment_121696382

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n3zj3g8e4o

Rubberchikken

Our tap water is excellent. We don't buy bottled anything. So won't ever get a chance to try out the machines🥺

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696266#Comment_121696266

You do realise you pay for the plastic you put in the recycling bin.

All this costs you is a few minutes to put the bottles in the machine when you go to the shop to do some shopping

apache

Was at Tesco yesterday and they had absolutely no bottled water. Just empty pallets. What's going on?

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696412#Comment_121696412

Ran out of non logoed stock possibly.

There will be a mix of logo (pay deposit) and non (no deposit, no refund either) until June, but stuff with logo should not go out until Thursday

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696390#Comment_121696390

Jaysus.

Don’t see that story being carried in the journal or RTE? Maybe I missed it?

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696455#Comment_121696455

RTE covered it

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0126/1428746-water-eu-chemicals

CalamariFritti

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058333923/dont-forget-to-stock-up-on-bottled-water-before-the-price-almost-doubles-thurdsay

And so they should. Imagine for bit of water and 'convenience' to buy 24 one time use plastic bottles. I know people are up in arms about this but its not sustainable - its insanity really - and a start needs to be made somewhere.

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696463#Comment_121696463

Yeah missed it so.

I wonder do brita filters, filter out trihalomethanes?

corks finest

Honestly think anyone buying bottled water needs sectioned,

unless obviously there are issues locally with the tap stuff

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696285#Comment_121696285

and for many people the miles driven to get to these machines. I dont shop in any particular shop , all of them are at least 15km from me. I go to a Civic Amenity centre to get rid of all my rubbish, both domestic, paper and recyclable. Its a lot of work and planning, storing plastics at home until I have a big bag ready to go............ so I am certainly doing my bit and putting in the work. I wish they have thought this through a bit more and come up with a way we could still use our green bins.

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696382#Comment_121696382

West Limerick has been on a boiled water notice since May 2023, this is affecting over 7000 people, every single day. It's due to cryptosporidium . In that time my daughter and her family have spent hundreds of euro on 5 litre bottles of water, so has everyone in this entire area! Its insane. She has since had another baby and is trying to bathe a newborn in water that contains crypto! You can't boil enough water for a bath and if a drop or two gets into a newborn's mouth you'll quickly have a very sick baby on your hands. There has been no water supplied in tankers to people in these communities. Not a drop! Anyone who is sick with cancer or immunocomprised has not been able to shower in their own homes in this time.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/limerick/news/nearly-7000-limerick-people-impacted-by-boil-water-notice-that-has-been-in-place-since-may/a2126057976.html

https://www.limerickpost.ie/2023/07/28/boil-notice-an-ongoing-risk-for-the-immunocompromised-in-west-limerick

bk

Anyone know what the story with online delivery services like Tesco Online Delivery?

It would be unfair on those of us doing our bit for the environment by not owning a car and instead using much lower impact on the environment delivery services to get our groceries.

Do we now need to make an unnecessary trip to the supermarket?

BTW Not that I use stupid plastic water bottles much anyway.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696412#Comment_121696412

Looking at the brand I buy online on Dunnes website….a 15 pack…Ishka.

“Limit purchase This is a restricted item. You cannot buy more than 2 of this product.”

So indeed wtf…..

bk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696478#Comment_121696478

It isn’t wide spread, only a small number of schemes are impacted by THM. You can check the results of your local water supply on water.ie.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121696466#Comment_121696466

Netflix has a great documentary about the damage being done to the planet by bottled water.

The figures involved are scary.

nachouser

Get the toilet paper in lads.

GHOST MGG

I have been forced to buy bottled water for 10+ years now.

The Condition of the Water pipes in the Area where i live is shocking,We had our water tested as a few did on our estate and the guy said it would be like drinking battery acid and this is in an allegedly well to do area of south dublin lol