I see some discussions online about hacking these machines. But apparently there is not much success. The best suggestion came back in 2007.
"The easiest way of making money off of the machine is to wait for an old person to redeem their month's collection of cans, and then mug them for the slip"
Bought in an Irish airport?
Yes you can bring them back empty and put them in a RVM here, I did it the other day
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0504/1447320-deposit-return-scheme/
Is anyone surprised? And why is Dept. of Environment refusing to release return figures? They say it would be premature to do so. Why so, this in not a commercial enterprise that has a right to not release information that competitors could use.
This is a NOT FOR PROFIT scheme we keep getting told!
Remember they have said these machines are used all over Europe without any problems and it's us are the problem not the machines. That guy seems to have Hatton Bank Job level of skills in to what they presented to us as a perfect world…in reality a child on lunch break in primary school could have come up with this idea and I hope they all do.
Maybe it didnt work - maybe he had it dangling in there for a few minutes and the bottle was scanned multiple times as if it was several bottles… dunno.
Didn't look like he walked away with a receipt for 25c???
I see Re-Turn has acknowledged this exploit and are working on it…
Wonder how they could they fix this? By adding a big delay between payong out on similar barcode reads maybe? Add a camera?
In Lidl Donegal Town lunch time today. A big Lidl. Great shop, location and layout. Very busy. 2 Re-Turn RVMs right inside the door. Both out of order. Old woman standing there holding half her containers as the machine took the other half and she couldn't leave without just giving up on her deposits. 15 minutes later shes still there when I left with a queue of 4 behind her blocking up the entrance / exit. Must have been 25 degrees between the 3 sets of doors with the sun beating down. Not a word of any staff coming to sort it. Shop was rammed. What a sh!tshow. Doesnt bode well for when all cans / plastic bottles will be in scope on June 1st.
Cans can be really quite battered and still work. The idea that they need to be pristine isn't correct.
Two things that show that the re-turn back office really isn't good at catching easy wins:
Can I got that has a logo and wasn't registered so couldn't be returned; now is. Producer messup but it took an age to get corrected when reported to re-turn.
Map on the site seems to have a few extra locations on it since last time I checked (and >600 more than day one) but is still missing some that have been there since day one.
In one case, a machine that was on the map vanished, a nearby one got added - and now that is missing and the original one is back. They are both seperate machines and still there.
I see them, you don't. You are making thing up.
The hedges near my house regularly get bin bags full of empty beer cans thrown in them. This might stop now, but if it doesn't I will make a bit of money.
Not likely, the chances of those cans being undamaged and accepted by a machine are slim to none. At best, most of them will just end up in the green bin like they should have before this terribly implemented scheme/rip-off was dreamt up.
Lol…
I e mailed the off licence where we get one of our favourite bees as their stock was very low & asked when they would be getting more in, they replied as it came from Canada the cans didn't have the correct logo on so they wouldn't be stocking it again. Brilliant.
We were stood in the queue at our local Dunnes to use the machine, the lady using it would have one accepted & one to chuck in the bin alongside, the mutterings & tuttings were getting louder with each can rejected.
Interesting take on that-Thank you
What shop is this?
Empties are allowed but really they should be getting posted back to Re-turn Ireland reverse charges.
Well there's no RVM in Manchester.
Your call 🙂
What does one do to reclaim deposit for bottles bought in airport?
I've 3 water bottles now with me in Manchester. Do I have to bring the empties back to Ireland - is that even allowed?
I never said it is extra money. It's consolidating my receipts onto on card like a saving towards my Christmas shopping. Saving is money being kept.
I just bring the receipt to the cashier and my gift card they put it on.
Thank you, and thanks for watching to the end.
I can see it being a feature in Ireland soon. I would certainly pick up a clean bottle or can from the street or the countryside, if it was convenient for me at the time. The hedges near my house regularly get bin bags full of empty beer cans thrown in them. This might stop now, but if it doesn't I will make a bit of money.
Good for you. And sure who knows some day you may be able to pay for your dream wedding or a deposit for a home like the lovely Ellie and Darren.
I suspect the reason suck machines are not operating here is because it was felt that people would dump shite in them and block/ break them.
Lovely heart warming story from Australia. A couple needing money to fund their wedding are doing it by collecting bottles and cans. And are also helping charities. I see many similar stories, which have the general theme of removing litter from the environment. And people doing this are not looked down on.
Another way to gouge some money from us. Personally I always used our green bin, can't see the point in polluting the air even more with a needless trip to the shops to return the cans.
In It for the Money.
Nice to have a RVM within walking distance! For me. 15 miles or so away.
The only RVM in walking distance, outside the local Supervalu. Was shuttered at 1130, still shuttered at 1.
Happy because they dont have to pay for recycle wheelie bins on top of deposits.
The "same as everywhere else" propaganda has been debunked on here several times. We have implemented a double payment scheme with more hurdles than anywhere else including no bulk return centres / machines.
It could be a good scheme. As it stands it's far from it. I saw an article where Re-Turn say they are currently assessing complaints from retailers. Its a start I suppose. Hopefully to be followed up on.
Supercrass.
