"Green" policies are destroying this country

So are you saying that we'll now have to separate these out of our other recyclables and make an effort to bring these to some other site to get some of the tax back???? I can tell you already how this is going down. The light bulb legislation did a lot of damage to the Greens and this might not be far off. At least the plastic bag tax required little extra effort.

The Greens make more work for people and they lose support. Simple as.

Nobody cares about your affiliations, what is most telling is your complete lack of concern or empathy for folk who are suffering fuel poverty in this economic climate, your zeal for greenie policies is off putting in the extreme, methinks the GP would'nt want you as a member, you'd scare people.😀

This doesn’t apply to Eamon everything he does is for the good of the environment and the plebs should not be questioning him!

Some are more equal than others

"As well as getting your 15/25 cent back per bottle, it will also alleviate stress should you host a house party in the near future.

Minister Smyth revealed that attendees at house parties will tend to refrain from leaving their cans and bottles after them as they're going to be worth money."

🤣 Smith is for the birds, remember he told young people to destroy art and then had to issue a grovelling retraction.BTW i bet Smith was never at a house party in his life.

Just another tax for the greenies to dish out to their green circle friends, it would be interesting to know the backround of the companies and people who will implement this scheme.

Seems like a good idea to me to target plastic that can be recycled, but ends up in public bins around our towns and villages. Similar to the coffee cup levy.

like the plastic bag charge id imagine the aim is to reduce the overall consumption of plastic and litter.

worth saying as well that I can remember this scheme being in place while on holiday in Germany over 20 years ago and thinking it was a great idea.

No idea, but then I`m not promoting one set of jeans over another based on just my ideological beliefs, and when asked how much these jeans I`m promoting cost my reply is where are your shoes made.

You can’t really say it’s a tax on consumers as if you return the bottles you’ll get your money back.

my memory on the scheme in Germany is that the cost of the product and the refundable cost of the container were both clearly marked

Are you being just deliberately obtuse or just pretending to be because it suits your agenda.

When China restarts it`s economy it will not be with renewables. It will be with coal and cheap Russian oil. Of the 5 top CO2 emitters India and Japan made it clear on coal at COP26 they were going to use it as a cheap energy source for the sake of their economies and China has been building new coal fired energy plants and smelting plants for the same reason.

Even Germany that former hero of Irish greens and the 6th. largest CO2 emitter on the planet are showing they have no qualms that when push came to shove as regards their economy it didn`t take them long to get the shovels and pick axes out.

Looking at this year alone when it comes to China, and indeed India, where both were stocking up with Russian oil at discounted prices you need to have a major reality check if you believe either gives a toss about the E.U. not using Russian oil. Both have shown they have been more than happy to take advantage by availing of large discounted prices from Russia and will be more than happy to continue doing so.

I have no problem with the scheme but be transparent with citizens that it will cost them a bit extra.And will you please please arrange for Ossian Smith to got to a real house party and not just a D4 soiree with his chums.