Deposit return scheme (recycling)

Aldi are charging a deposit on their Vive 2litre rock shandy. Once they start with my favourite the lemon & lime that's the (fly) tipping point for me. Enough is enough at that stage. I've a burning barrel setup in the trees and long grass on rough ground 100 yards from my house. Easy get away if required. No more recycle bin charges for me! Sure most of it gets incinerated anyway. Less weight in the bin lorry means less diesel needed to transport my plastics somewhere else to get burnt. Biweekly CO2 saving right there. Ossian wont give a toss. Re-Turn still get my 2 litre sparkling lemon & lime deposits. Win win for me and Ossian. Saving the environment together. Just call me captain planet.

How does the bin lorry empty the machines? Or lift the contents into the back of the truck

I assumed the bin lorry was emptying just wheelie bins from manual return businesses, I don't see wheelie bins around the machines

Yea, but what happens after its emptied is the question, maybe they are tipped into wheelie bins, I did see the Refuse Truck today at a Dunnes Stores that has a machine.

ah yeah of course us mere peasants must run around with bags of empty cans like fools while our overlords get exemptions lol

really just taking the piss with this. has this system failed in any other country? would love to see ireland lead the way with this tbh

I thought you were a man, it's amazing the things you learn form pics posted here! 😂

Same thing happening in Lidl before the return scheme started.Put back in with a different "face" showing and the can or bottle would be accepted.Other times more than 3 attempts needed

Wasps alive I like it.With global warming that the greens want it'll be biting mosquitos in residence.Wasps mind their own business.Mossies not.

I'm looking to make some income as well.

everyone is, as it's lovely to have a bit extra to spend/save. if i can think of any more deposit return related tips i'll be sure to let you all know by sharing them here. At the moment all i can think of is checking the tables and bins (for deposit bottles and free tea/coffee stickers) whenever you pass through a mc donalds lol. Also the younger crowds in food halls usually seem to leave a mess with their bottles after drinking instead of binning/returning them.

Sadly i'm not allowed to share any of my cans/bottles i get from work as i'm allowed to take as many as i like and as many as i can carry, under the conditions that i don't make a mess, i don't make a habit of it everyday of the week (i only go by there every 3 or 4 days anyway) aslong as i don't bring other people in with me, and the most important rule he says for legal reasons: aslong as i don't share the cans/bottles with anyone else. He says it MUST be me or anyone else he employees, as he's paid the deposit on them all upfront and legally is'nt allowed to permit non- employee's to redeem the deposits on them. (something about company expenses or legal responsibilities to non-workers, and insurance only covering employee's, and not being allowed to give anything that can result in an income or financial gain to non employees even if its as low as 15 cent). But if there's ever any job openings here i'll let you know. i wouldn't mind sharing as quite often there's more than i can carry left over anyway, like by the hundreds. it's like a free tip up for grabs to any employee that wants to avail of it, and at no extra cost to him since they're going in the landfill bins anyway.

Wouldn't that be something. I suspect the boyos behind this scheme would rather eat grass than see it fail (not that theyd be held to account anyway if it did). The Ireland solution to signs of rejection would probably be compensate every stake holder involved to keep Re-Turn between the ditches. Not the customer obviously. Higher deposits to "encourage" participation for us mugs since we aren't behaving ourselves.

Why are we being charged deposit on cans than don’t have the repak logo therefore not accepted by the machine. Driving mad!!

I did my first return of cans last night. I had 18 Diet Coke cans all from the same multi-pack. 12 were accepted and 6 were rejected. The 6 don't have the Return symbol or any barcode. But I was charged a deposit based on all 18 cans in the pack. Up until now I have recycled 100% of my waste possible in my green bin, but the 6 cans went into a bin outside the shop, as I was heading out. I usually only enter a supermarket on my way home from work, so making a specific trip from home to bring these back is a nuisance.

Was it the same shop that the machine was in / outside of or another premises then the voucher needs to go back to original place.

There are no deposits on containers above 3 litres, any chance the drinks companies will develop a 3.001 litre container for soft drinks 😀