Deposit return scheme (recycling) - Part 2

No harm in asking.

I can only help in a limited way.

Everything collected goes to the depot in Limerick.

Proud to say that I still haven't engaged with this nonsense. 6 weeks (7/8 bin bags - or basically the capacity of a standard wheelie bin) worth of general rubbish into the local landfill compactor for a tenner last week. The money saved there vs bin collections alone makes up for any loss on these "deposits". Takes about 5 minutes from arrival to site to payment and departure.

Add though the value of my time saved and not having the frustration of the experiences of some detailed here and it's priceless.

People really should look into it. I'm in the Midlands but I'm sure the other Councils have similar operations.

My local place (Laois) is done by weighbridge.. drive in, weight measured, empty the boot into the compactor, drive out, weight measured again. €10 please.

They have a seperate recyclables section too (€5 to get in last I was there) which I use for things like bulkier cardboard, bigger plastics or metal and electrical stuff, but the rest all goes into the general compactor.

I live alone though so I don't really generate all that much anyway hence why it's only every 6 weeks or so that I go up.

Another thing I used to use was this..

https://bigbin.ie/

They're not everywhere and prices have increased a bit since I last used them, but maybe useful for some?

Dundalk FC raising money for community projects.

https://www.dundalkfc.com/dfc-in-the-community-feed-lily-the-bin/

Unfortunately it's too late for you but anyone else who has this problem should insist on a refund from Lidl.

You'd need the cans and the receipt.

They broke the law twice. Once by selling the cans with no logo/barcode and secondly by charging the deposit on cans not in the DRS.

Contact Re-Turn head office like the CEO said on the radio.

They will be happy to pretend to help*.

*ignore you and keep the deposits.

With respect the cans in question were never part of DRS.

This is a Lidl problem.

More enforcement needed.

A few stuff fines would help stamp out this type of carry on.

It's supposed to be done by local authorities.

It seemed to me that would make sense because having a separate enforcement organisation would be expensive and unwieldy.

Of course it only works if the local authorities actually do the job. I haven't heard of a fine.

On the elusive manual returns don't forget I'm one of the few on here that joined you in the search and actually tried to do it.

No matter, try again, fail again, fail better.

The vouchers from my local Tesco machines list the number of bottles and the number of cans at 15 cents and 25 cents.