neither have they if they're simply swapping labels. i sense a double standards issue here.
either way why should they care? someone else paid it anyway so atleast it had been paid
Because you haven't paid the deposit on your bottle.
tesco also took mi-wadi from their shelves and some others too.
but yes, what you said "All that's changed is that there is now an incentive placed on people to return the bottle in a way it can be recycled properly" why can't i do the same? if i find a beat up rejected bottle on the road that has a return logo on it, how come im not allowed to take that label and put it on my own perfectly good pre-feb 1st bottle of the same exact brand and return it?
it gives me incentive to not let the deposit go to waste, and at the same time i'm responsibly disposing of something someone else dumped away, and also returning one of my own pre-feb bottles in a way that it can be properly recycled, so thats 2 birds with one stone!
why cant i allowed to do that?
Mr Price charging deposits on cans that can't be returned. Re-turn have ignored email sent to them. I made a thread on this a few weeks back predicting this would happen. Like change rounding, retailers are scamming consumers and there's no policing of this.
Your just arguing for the sake of it now. The bottle hasn't changed at all. It's the same bottle. All that's changed is that there is now an incentive placed on people to return the bottle in a way it can be recycled properly.
I doubt any drinks manufacturers are telling Tesco to return its stock so they can relabel it. The factories are highly automated and hardly worth the effort to do what you are saying. The manufacturers are not making any profit on the scheme.
if they're allowed to re-label the non-logo bottles, with bottle labels containing the new logo and barcode, then how come i'm not allowed to do the same?
when i proposed the idea here in this thread i was told its fraud.
Oh eye roll all you want!
yeah but my idea is more funnier. i like to imagine a bunch of them running around like rats and filling each bottle up and spilling half of it due to rushing around, instead of just simply re-labeling them.
Re-Labeling them with Re-turn labels is just downright cheating. THATS CHEATING!
you can put them in it, if you want. but you will be losing out on the 15-25cent deposits made on each of them at the time of purchase.
I can’t find the answer to this anywhere but can I still continue to use my recycling bin as normal? Or can I no longer put cans or plastic bottles in them?
They would only have to re-label a bottle, not pour from one bottle into another. I presume you've never witnessed the manufacturing process for any product.
"Saving you time, money and energy".
Part of an ad I heard on the radio, didn't catch the company, but it's what countless companies say to try and get your business. The point is, the Deposit Return Scheme does none of the above. It does exactly the opposite. It will cost you time and energy. And at best, you will break even in terms of money. But it could cost you money in a multitude of scenarios:
It may not be much on each occasion, but over time it'll all add up. As one of the supermarket chains say, "Every little helps TAX".
water is an easier liquid than sodas to store and keep fresh, and require no gas pressure or additives. Thus it might be possible rather than wasting the liquid they're being super stringy, keeping all their water from those non-logo bottles, recalled them all, for the purpose of refilling the new bottles with the logo with THAT recalled water, instead of fresh water directly from their "source"
ewwww
first batch of water that comes out might have a severe taste of plastic. i'm gonna give these a miss just incase.
Anyone else noticed a shortage of water in their local supermarket since this new scheme? My nearest Tesco seem to have sold out on all their old 2L stock and haven't updated with the new logo bottles yet for whatever reason, all while non-applicable 5L bottles are getting stockpiled fast leaving an empty water isle. Stock for soft drinks and alcohol cans seems kind of sparse as well.
The inner workings of the machine might not be too sophisticated, meaning that the bottle's destination relies a lot on gravity.
The retailers shouldn't charge the deposit unless it will be accepted for return, but that doesn't mean they can't. For example, we saw at the changeover to the euro, most prices were rounded up, sometimes excessively. A lot of retailers will do what is easiest/most profitable for them when changes like this come along.
The retailers can't charge the deposit unless it will be accepted for return, if you're charged a deposit you can claim it back, re-turn logo or not
Looks more like a tesco initiative than a Re-Turn one at first glance, still a great idea. It's directly beside the RVM so somebody with bottles and cans for recycling is unlikely to have rubbish with them at these machines
It's to stop dogs going around fetching lots of empties and putting them in the machine and getting obese.
I don’t know, dh bought them and forgot to check the receipt before throwing it away. It’s possible he didn’t but it just made me think about future multi packs.
Slightly OT but an old boss I had while working in retail used to regularly open multipacks and sell the cans and bottles, as they were cheaper for him to buy. When the “not to be sold separately” “barcodes” came in, in the late 90s/ early naughties, it put a kibosh to it. It’ll be interesting to see how companies handle that now!
I would bet good money that they did.
Why make the input so high,or is she very short,if you are inputting a lot of bottles it would delay the process?
all multipacks cans and bottle should have a barcode instead of the not to be sold separately message. though currently this is not guaranteed as still lot stock floating around since Christmas that were produced without the codes.
they have added a bar code reader to their website https://re-turn.ie/consumer/ scroll down a bit you can enter codes there to see if the product you have will be accepted by the machine.
such as this one 5054267003644 which is for Orangina which dose not have the re-turn logo
did you get charged a deposit on them?
Be careful, there is old stock still around.
Thanks, I didn’t realise they were adding barcodes to the multi pack ones now. I was drinking a can from a multi pack that dh bought on Thursday so was just wondering- these ones don’t have barcodes.
The multipack cans that now have a deposit should be updated cans with a barcode on each and a re-turn logo, my advice is to keep your receipt when purchasing these. the deposit on these should be refeundable, if the machine rejects these or if you are given cans without barcodes despite paying a deposit, bring them back along with your receipt once finnished them, and you can have your deposit refunded manually as the customer service desk, or at the main till if theres no service desk.
Just make sure to keep your receipt.
alternatively if you have no opened any of them yet, you could instead bring them back for a full refund
Eh, they now have a barcode.
If I were you I wouldn't pay a deposit on any bottle with no barcode or Return symbol unless the retailer guarantees you they will refund when you return.
I haven’t used the machines yet but I’m wondering what happens with multi pack cans or bottles? I see on online shopping that these now also have the deposit attached but how can you return them when they don’t have a barcode? As I understand, the machine has to scan a valid barcode- can you take those cans/ bottles back to the till inside the shop to get your deposit back?
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