I live down the country and don't drive. Nearest shop is 40mins walk away or 10mins or so on my bike.
I have now decided to stop all recycling. EVERYTHING just going in the bin.
Punished? What way are people being punished?
Any family drop in to visit you as maybe they will take it for you without putting it in the bin.
This is why we need better recycling done.
There might be other ways or collectors that could take it off you.
When getting bathroom done up all metal was put to one side and vanished within 3 days.
Black bin will be costly if your putting good stuff in there.
Fair play to you, I only have waste, recycling, glass bins and my re-turn stuff goes into a shopping bag, the shopping bag then comes with me when doing the shopping so in a way it's dual-purpose
I've a box in the under-stairs cupboard that takes batteries, textiles, small WEEE and coffee pods. It now has a fabric bag that takes deposit stuff, and I bring it whenever I'm going to the shops. There'll never be a specific run done to drop DRS stuff off.
I need to remember to bring the batteries to the shops that take them, cause they're small and forgettable; a bag of cans is neither.
my re-turn stuff goes into a shopping bag, the shopping bag then comes with me when doing the shopping so in a way it's dual-purpose
It's still extra hassle storing these return items that could be crushed and put into the recycling bin.
My shopping bags live in the boot of my car so I have to try to remember to put the return stuff into the car the night before because I do my shopping on the way home after work.
Paying for bin charges when a lot of what we buy has to go elsewhere now, it's a joke of a system.
Actually you bring up a good point. The DRS doesn't replace your green bin, so you have to continue paying for it as well.
Your shopping bags presumably come in to the house with you when you come home, meaning you need to remember to put them back in the car anyway. Unless you've got quantum shopping bags.
It's very easy to remember to but shopping bags back in the car when they're in plain view after unpacking groceries, but I don't artfully arrange return items in plain view, they're an inconvenience, not ornaments.
It's just more things to find a home for and remember to return.
that store is lying. all Tills in all Supervalu's have the RVM option on right hand of the screen to do RVM payouts. This can be done at anytime.
the only tills where the option is optional is at the self service machines. you should complain to Supervalu/Musgraves not the store it self and you will find that sign will be removed pretty quick.
Coffee pods to where?
How are they lying? The sign is saying they will not facilitate cash refunds outside those hours.
The shop can choose to give out cash at their own discretion. You’d have some chance of changing their mind regardless who you complain to.
Sure consumer law doesn’t even force them to give you change!
More helpful advice from our friends of the Earth. On top of the other hassles, you now have to go have an argument with the store manager.
What a time to be alive!
Increased bin collection prices for a start.
I know nespresso at least have a take back service for their pods. You fill the bags they give you and return to nespresso via UPS or one of their boutiques I think as well.
Next time in I will take a picture for you. I am not aware RVM pay out cash. Citation please.
Sorry, no offence intended.
When I said most I didn't take into account all individual circumstances.
It will cost you money to throw deposit paid items in the bin.
Maybe you could reduce your purchases of in scope containers.
And any you must buy might be stockpiled until you can get to an RVM or get someone to go for you.
Maybe not great options for you.
the RVM will only prints slips up a max value of I think 10 euro, all the tills in Supervalu have menu button to scan those barcodes to do a payout to the value on the slip, stores have to give the customer the option of cash or taking it off their shopping.
I find many comments on this thread and Boards.ie many times allude to personal circumstances in urban areas and particularly Dublin.
Ah sure tip down to the next supermarket to get a better deal, tip down to the next RMV, ah sure you can walk it in minutes. Many of us in rural areas do not have that option. And we have many elderly that may rely on Local Link Buses to get into town to do their shopping once a week. So, save up your returns or go to another shop is not always an option. So future posters, please take some of these points into account and stop painting in large brushstrokes.
Freepost to the company that owns the format. Send them a box back twice a year or so
You've been engaged on this and closed thread for long enough to understand exactly why the majority of responsible recycling public are a bit pissed off.
Loss of their time and money, if they do not comply with this new mess of a scheme, after years of diligently using their green bins.
Increased bin collection charges. (Mine were increased by 10% since 1st January this year - Thorntons Recycling.)
And some people just don't want to get their head around the fact that there are others who either (a) don't own cars or (b) don't live within walking distance of an RVM or (c) don't have room to store up empties at home, or (d) shop online and have their grocery shopping delivered at a time that suits them, - but continue to act obtuse and troll the thread anyway.
Honestly, I can't say I'd blame you. Not that I'd encourage it, but if you're one of those who has always made the effort to separate your waste and use a green bin, but are now told its not good enough, I can see why you'd reconsider continuing to bother with it at all? I doubt you'll be the only one who'll feel that way.
Yeah, if you are losing money because you are unable to bring your bottles back to get your deposit back, I can see some people saying sod it, I'll get rid of my green bin, and the lot will go in the black bin. The only way of getting some money back.
You can’t get rid of the green bin. All household waste providers have to give you one I’m pretty much certain.
OK, not get rid of it, but not send it out to be lifted anymore.
The really annoying thing about the recycling bin is that we're told that if only one person on the collection route doesn't sort their waste correctly, or puts something dirty in, that the whole truck load is contaminated.
All that time and effort cleaning and recycling items, but if Mary down the road hides her garden or food waste in the bottom of her recycling bin the whole lot is sent to landfill. That's before you get to "Oh, you now have to pay a deposit and return items to get it back" nonsense.
It's like we're being trolled on a national level. I remember when we all just had the bin, everything went in the bin, no washing, sorting or checking what bin had to be put out.
*Stares wistfully into the distance
All the double recycling with is exactly what this is, and some in rural areas still haven't got a food waste bin provided. Seems to be a typical Ryan idea for urban living.
There's been a huge PR push about "everyone can get a brown bin" recently.
It appears to be bollox. Some people are being given a tiny caddy which seems to be fired in to the same chamber as the main bin; and in an extreme edge case for the my holiday house, can't even get that.
Okay but it would probably not work as the volume of waste would be in excess of the biweekly collection unless you don’t fill your bins and are pay by lift I suppose.
still pretty sure not using the recycling bin actually costs you more in the long run one way or another.
You can get a reduced rate for having a 240L recycling & 140L waste as the waste bin is where most of the cost lies I believe.
You’d actually save more money reducing your waste substantially and making the most of recycling.
Thats why I don’t buy this notion that many people misused their wheelie bins. I well believe a few eejits were putting plastic in the waste and nappies in recycling but I don’t believe most people did this.
But why were these bins not either left unemptied until the problems were rectified, the account holder fined and if they continued cut their collection.
The council will fine you themselves if you have no evidence of proper waste disposal so surely one of the above or a combination would have been far more effective than inconveniencing the rest of us who did use the system properly?
this question seems perpetually ignored for some reason. Re-Turn is the answer to a problem we didn’t have and even if we did there’s many better solutions to those problems that impact the perpetrators not the compliant.
some people can't get it around there head not everyone does a "shopping trip" either, i dont drive & buy groceries on the way home from work 2 maybe 3 nights of the week. so i'd either have to drag around a bag of cans/bottles while commuting to work in the morning or waste time in the evening/weekend.
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