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Deposit return scheme improvement ideas?

marathon2022 · 2024-03-03 11:58:03

What if as part of this deposit return scheme there was an phone app that could scan the plastic bottle(or whatever) being returned and then your scan you green waste bin and just put it in? removing the need to transport the material back again to a location with a deposit scheme bin? I'm only posting this here because…

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#62 19-05-2024 5:48pm
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Maybe they wouldn't fully cover it but all would reduce the cost of dramatically reducing the amount of plastic and aluminium waste in our natural environment. Maye it would cost a few million but who cares? It'd be a pittance in terms of the government's annual budget and let's face it, we waste millions on far less beneficial things every year.

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