Deposit return scheme (recycling) - Part 2
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Well easy both are and were scams.
Why are we moving from putting bottles & cans in the green bin to Deposit Return?
To date, over approximately 60% of plastic bottles and cans are being collected for recycling through recycling bins, which means that over 30% are not collected, leading to increased littering.
By placing a value on the drinks containers, we are incentivising consumers to return their bottles and cans in order to get their deposit back and discourage littering. The Deposit Return Scheme is a circular economy initiative that aims to create a closed loop recycling system guaranteeing the material is returned and recycled into new drinks containers.
In addition, with the separate collection of drinks containers, there is no cross contamination and a higher quality of recyclate is collected, which is more efficient.
over 30% are not collected, leading to increased littering. Is that not an out and out lie ? People who put them in the green bin are not tossing them on the road now instead.
Why doesn’t the Deposit Return Scheme include glass?
Currently, Ireland has a recycling rate of over 80% for glass and is surpassing recycling targets for this material. As a result, there are no plans to include glass in the Scheme but this may be open to change in the future.
1 return will never get 80% like glass.
2 why are they not saying 20% of the bottles are being tossed on the road like the plastic ones ? is that because it's a lie ?
some digging
Single-use Plastics
- 30,680 tonnes of single-use plastic bottles were placed on the market in 2022. A collection rate of 49 per cent was achieved prior to the introduction of the new Deposit Return Scheme.
The report shows that over the last 10 years Ireland’s recycling rate has stagnated and mandatory targets for municipal and plastic packaging are at a high risk of not being met. Currently Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate is unchanged at 41 per cent, with a requirement to be at 55 per cent by 2025. In addition, whilst recycling of packaging waste is 60 per cent, this must reach 65 per cent by 2025. In 2022 the plastic packaging recycling was 32 percent, up from 28 per cent in 2021, however the recycling target for plastic packaging is 50 per cent by 2025.
Single use not Pet
Are PET plastics recyclable?
Almost uniquely among plastics, PET is near-infinitely recyclable and because it can be made into new products, this lowers the need for fresh PET to be made, further reducing emissions. In fact, recycled PET products show a drop of up to 90% in CO2 emissions compared with virgin PET.
What is the problem with PET plastic?According to the rapport, PET plastic can leak harmful chemicals into its contents. This chemical leaking is extremely toxic to humans and can have various side effects on those who consume them. After the use of PET products, they are thrown away.
But But green.
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