In fairness, less coffee cups being thrown in the bin is the intended result of that scheme. The fact your coffee mule is unwilling spend the minute or so grabbing empties from the previous run on the way out is just pure laziness
The number of people drinking in a particular cafe isn't a great indication of their takeaway business for obvious reasons, laughable argument there
Which cafe was it that closed exactly?
Are you seriously questioning that more recycling and less rubbish in landfill or in the ditch won't lead to a cleaner environment? That's the most ridiculous thing I heard today!
Disposable coffee cups have been removed from coffee docks in a college in Cork, I assume others have too. No cup, no coffee. But no reduction in prices either which I think is scummy.
Interesting one alright about the likes of McDonald's and Starbucks and drive thru coffee shops. Can't imagine many workers willing to handle people's own cups to fill them....
Can you point me towards the source please (by pm)
Convenient for Everyone!
They shouldn't be doing that either.
Unrelated to the normal criticism of the scheme but I saw my first shiny new re-turn branded bin truck this morning, driver on the phone going through a red light 😁
Idid think how difficult is it to make a machine that hasn't got holes that are chest high.
What I don't understand is how the mostly wokeville supermarkets in to all sorts of causes couldn't see this from the outset and refuse to fit these machines clearly inaccessible to their customers in wheelchairs.
Yes I pick upi litter at the weekends in my locality and the coffee cups and vapes are way more of a scourge than plastic bottles and cans
Best send the Minister to Germany to check out their beautiful system we supposedly copied.
I guarantee that had they installed machines with lower level access, there'd be a court case within a week because someone's little darling crawled in.....
This is why we can't have nice things!
NUIG as well, same as the Killarney system
Strange you should mention McDonald's, they did a trial last year in England using deposit of £1 and RVMs similar to our new can/bottle system
Starbucks has allowed customers to use their own cups for years (though it might need to be a Starbucks reusable cup) with the exception of Starbucks drive-thru. Though I think that changed recently. They do give discount of your drink for using your own cup (circa 35c?), though that will be negated here, when then latte levy comes in. I have several Starbucks reusable cups which I use for my Nespresso machine.
I wonder if McDs will let me use my starbucks cups, when the time comes?
That's not a good excuse for making them wheelchair inaccessible.
Wrong quote
Unless the "Little darlings" had the correct barcode attached and were enrolled in the scheme, they would be rejected and spat back out.
The Irish spec. for RVMs requires them to be inline with current accessibility requirements.
The issue for wheelchair users appears to be with the accessibility requirements for retail outlets in general.
Just look at how much stock in your local supermarket that is out of the reach of someone in a wheelchair.
4x300mL Brewdog cans in a box this evening... no deposit charged
Open 'em up.. they have the logo! Win!!!
This sort of thing was bound to happen during the transition period, unfortunately for some it does not herald the collapse of the scheme.
Some people either can't adult, or assume others can't either. Meanwhile normal people get on with their lives.
Best I have found is Carling up north at 18x440ml cans for £13, each one qualifies for the 15c return, so €2.70 back.
To buy 15 cans down here in Dunnes is €21 plus €2.25 deposit. That said Carling is like drinking pisch but may appeal to someone.
irish government: we're gonna follow the lead with policies from our european partner countries😎
irish people: oooh cool, so you're gonna fix the housing crisis & there's gonna be plentiful affordable housing to rent & buy🙏??
irish government: oh god no🤣 just some stupid bottle return scheme that will barely function & cause more hassle than it's worth
I'm sure people were giving out about the plastic bag levi when it 1st came in and people got on it with.
I'm sure the same with this afternoon a while
They are wheelchair accessible.
You mean treat adults like complete lemmings driving around trying in vain to get 15 cent back under the guise that it is environmental?
But but but it's got a new logo.
The plastic bag levy would only be comparable if the vast majority of us were already using reusable bags, but the government came up with a scheme that banned them and forced us all into using a more expensive less convenient bag.
First trip to an RVM. Four plastic bottles, all with logos. Three rejected by the machine. Got my 15 cent voucher. Brought it into the shop, the scanner in the shop refused to scan the voucher, so the voucher and the three bottles ended up in my recycle bin at home. Meanwhile I am down 60 cent.
Going forward I'm not going to bother my arse, I'll just throw my empties in the green bin.
I noticed all the fans in the stands at the Scotland v England rugby match drinking cans. They don't need to worry about bringing their empties home afterwards to get a deposit back.
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Its all a gimmick, more €€€ for the government. Just keep recycling at home please and just be happy to be charged extra in the shops.
How does the government make money from this?
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