So brilliant-we collect all these plastics and then what do we do with them> urn Babie BURN
They provide a bit of balance in the face of some of the more extreme anti authority people. Like the lad who is going to print out hundreds of individual receipts to make trouble for the shop assistants. Or the lad who is saving up his bottles to burn them in his fire this winter. Or the lad who crushed dozens of containers to see if the machine would accept them.
There is no need to feel uncomfortable about their presence on the thread. They are in a small minority, but as usual the mob wants everyone to sing from their hymn sheet.
I see now that you didn't go through with the multi receipt plan.
And yes you should have taken your cardboard and single can home with you.
Doesn't make sense.
Wasting your time and the time of people queuing behind you at the RVM and the checkout.
Where have I proven myself a shill for anything?
When did I glorify Re-turn or say I work for them ?
Or are you just making things up ?
You mentioned in your previous post, electricity costs for running the machines. All but one of the machines I have seen are outside. So I have to ask, why are they not solar powered?
"In Denmark, where the scheme has been in place for a century,"
So Denmark have been successfully recycling plastic bottles and aluminium cans since before they were even invented. That is impressive.
Yeah, the author of the article can't even copy and paste right. Maybe they are just ignorant of collection v recycling. Maybe they were deliberately misrepresenting things to make Re-turn look better as a Green initiative.
It links the EC article which says:
Specific targets include
The article mentions (from memory) that plastic PET recycling target is 70% by 2025.
Can someone tell me how that will be reached when (last figures available) 70% of plastics are INCINERATED!
Yeah we "copied" the scheme without copying many elements of the scheme that made it work.
Way too many concessions to retailers.
I’m very anti ReScam, but I think some folk on the thread who are pro ReScam aren’t actually shills or insiders of the organisation, but are generally “pro-authority” on most things rolled out by government, and expect everyone to be likewise
in Denmark you can return tons of items all at once in a much superior BIG machine that actually works.
I didn't go through with the individual receipts, mainly because it would have been a pain in the hole in general to sort. I did take the chance at putting them all through, and it worked. Except for one exact same but older diet coke can that was pre-barcode. So it went into the general waste bin right beside the can recycling machines. Along with the 4 cardboard boxes which would normally go into the recycling bin at home along with the cans.
So net outcome of this better for everyone and the environment scam, is:
Compared to previously:
I'm obviously blind that I can't see how this is beneficial to me, everyone else and the environment… Queue someone coming on to tell me I should have brought the single can and carboard boxes back home with me.
So basically pandering to Re-Scam.
Wow, RTE would never do that!
Not at all surprising, when I told a Dane that some pensioners here insist on collecting their pension in cash every week at the post office, she thought I was joking.
Actually the article mentions that in Denmark you can use an app to get the deposit put into your bank account.
not sure about individual receipts but I would defo batch it up to some extent in case the machine barfs half way through.
I see RTE had an article yesterday on how this could be improved.
None of the suggestions aimed at make claiming your deposit back any easier. First three are about not claiming your deposit back but letting someone else claim it.
Imagine at least one of the receipts will be illegible or the machine will run out of paper.
You'll be lucky to get a receipt at all.
Totally agree with this. It's another case of the majority of producers who make millions in profits annually not want to deal with a problem unless absolutely forced too…this type of thing made sense and was doable for the past decade.
It's a prime example of why the DRS is an absolute god send for producers also. They've managed to 'off shore' all of the cost and risk associated with the three Rs to the consumer while at the same time using the scheme as a smoke screen to increase the base cost of their products. They won't be under ANY pressure to change their packaging or distribution method or suffer any significant negative consequences from producing significant plastic waste.
Because apparently its better for everyone that I drive 20 miles to return something that I used to put in my now more expensive recycling bin in order to get back my own money. A receipt per can may justify it. Stick it to the man, etc. But, you've more than proven yourself a shill for Re-Scam so no point trying to explain why it's a scam to someone who works for them/glorifies them.
Why ?
Have 4x18 packs to bring to a re-scam machine today. Genuinely tempted to get a receipt for each individual can…
I was trying to use the Marks & Spencer machine at Dundrum SC a few days ago. A machine that’s a bit different looking to most others and so finicky it rejected most of my bottle on basis they were wrong shape and had some liquid remaining. The conveyor belt is flat with ridges, bottles often turn across them rather than centre in snuggly. This was after “blowing up” the bottles to ensure they should be in an acceptable shape. Brought them to Aldi in Nutgrove today to find shop is shut for refurbishment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m disabled and it’s an effort to get out and my feet are very reluctant to take any weight past two days.
Staff member is wrong.
The deal is you put the bottles/cans into the machine in Tesco and Tesco have to either give you the cash or take it off your bill.
As others said escalate your complaint and get your money.
I would have asked for a manager. This is someone passing the buck for sure.
Sounds like a cop out - the machines belong to Tesco, it's up to them to get it sorted out. Get on to Tesco head office
I kept the receipt but the staff member said I'd have to contact the company who maintain the machines and they don't deal with issues from them.
Was he capped? Plugged? Wallpapered? Buttoned? Whacked?
A good yank and the cap comes off...
