Deposit return scheme (recycling)

Given my 3 year old the job of putting the containers in the machine when shopping, he loves doing it. Hes very slow so I do end up with about 10 receipts but keeps him happy.

Whats the position when you have cans that were bought in that store, have the return logo but the RVM wont accept. Do the staff have to accept them manually at the checkouts? Because I asked in Aldi and they said 'nothing we can do'. I thought there was supposed to be something about them accepting them manually in event of machines not working?

Fantastic scam by the government.

These cans are now 25c more expensive than they were a few months ago.

And by their own rules being over 500ml I should get 25c back on each one, what I paid.

But I spent so much time and wasted so much petrol trying to recycle them because machines are:

That from now on I'll purposely dump them in the rubbish bin, not the recycling because my time and patience are worth more than thinking about yet another government failure.

I also brought well over 100 cans to the bank and it accepted maybe 30% of them.

SCAM!

Well normally one is told to just go try them in another store's machine, while the workers shrug their shoulders claiming to know nothing about it or saying there's nothing they can do.

But ideally after having tried that i think it's best you keep receipts for everything you buy that comes with a deposit and have the receipt (proof of purchase) when returning to that store, to try get the deposit cost back at the customer service or counter. its not an easy process and sometimes may not always result in success, but try not to lose the head, sometimes they give the deposit just to get rid of you quick, other times no luck and is nothing but hassle.

After trying that we're reccomended by the scheme to send an email with the photo of your receipt and can to return, but from my own personal experiances i have absolutely no fate whatsoever in going down the "emailing return" route. It's a desperate last resort if anything

Is anyone having these problems hammering re-turn on social media or contacting them via email? If they are what are the responses or have they given up responding?

It seems no one decided to use this as an opportunity to stop drinking fizzy drinks, particularly given the obesity levels in Ireland.

Or have people cut down on drinking that junk?

people still drink it. instead the usual suspects (coca-cola, fanta, sprite etc) just ended up spamming a bunch of zero sugar versions around instead, and branded it with exciting words like max, zero, and free.

I tried to bring back a few bottles there but as soon as the store assistant scanned the second one it started a major fire in the shop and unfortunately the store is closed now until further notice.

zero/diet/sugar free drinks now take up a huge amount of the market & have no affect on obesity levels as there's no calories obvs

infact if obesity levels havent' dropped, you could argue sugary drinks probably had little to do with overall obesity levels

Everyone who doesn't get a refund from machines-broken,whatever or in any store should email a copy of receipt and store location to DRS overlords and to all their local TDs.Also,complain about stores not refunding.Swamp them! It only takes a few finger thumps and think of the satisfaction of knowing the overflowed inbox at DRS offices.It might wake someone up

yep, haven't bought one bottle or can with a deposit charge since it came in. now I bought very few anyway so its not a big deal.

jjust back from a dental checkup no fillings as well

That's exactly what the sugar tax was for. And we've all cut down on alcohol because of the minimum alcohol pricing.

Increasing the price on something is a very easy thing to do, but I don't know what the results have been. Same with this scheme.

Nope i admit i drink 2 much coke zero but hey i like it now it just costs me more now buy multipacks we get home delivery and quite honestly cant be arsed putting all my cans into the car and driving to a shop and putting them in one by one and having loads of rejects and stressing and fighting over a few euro extra i am just doing what i always do they have all been trown in the recycling bin

Now i will say if our rvms where like some them ones iv seen that take bags all in one go id be more inclined to at least try it bit i cant be arsed standing there feeding cans into a machine one at a time