😅 Wow. Didnt know there were ever plastic return banks in Ireland. Well it cant be any clearer than that. Plastic banks could have been re-introduced and rolled out nationwide to see how close we could get to EU targets. Instead we get Re-Turn which makes us pay for the running of the DRS and do all the donkey work so Councils dont have to pay for it themselves. Unreal.
Edit: even a straight up tax on each plastic bottle to pay for the extra banks would have been less insulting than Re-Turn. At least we wouldnt see our money spent on clown CEOs on the radio talking rubbish and "professional organisers" talking about container landing spaces.
We used to have them and the council took them out a few years ago as they said it was too expensive and we had recycling bins at home.
That sort of idea would require a company of highly paid experts set up by the govt to discuss!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder how plastic return numbers would have changed if plastic bottle banks were added beside local amenity glass and can banks before this scam was introduced.
I assume somebody posted these already. Public were asked for views in 2020 & 2021 on a DRS - you can read the interesting submissions
One citizen suggests:
another:
Once this year had too much on my plate, just stuck them in the recycle bin. You're not alone.
Yes, I agree with you , the affluent are unlikely to be collecting cans.
Can't see the local GP or solicitor bothering to gather up a few empties.
However we have seen evidence on this thread of people in gainful employment harvesting cans to get the deposits.
I have seen people with large numbers of containers unlikely to come from a household who drive up in cars. I never questioned anyone so it's just a hunch.
My point remains that leaving your cans for someone else to redeem does not necessarily mean the money goes to the poor.
Still it's better than they ending up in landfill no matter who gets them.
Well anyone that anxious to get 15c is not likely to be affluent.
I've a pain in my hole with this scam, I've two big bags at the side of the house and have nothing but bad experiences every single time I use the machines, I'm starting to just bin them again.
give them a wide berth at Halloween.
No doubt this guy is one of the few who loves exploiting this scam for their benefit. Gee, I wonder what his profession might be.
Baa, baa, bin man, have you any waste?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.
You wouldn't want a weak heart with those machines when the plastic bottle explodes when it is being squashed. Seen a few folks jumping when it happens.
It probably depends on the machine, but it is possible with my "local" machine to get them in with a little slight of hand ;) Firstly with a valid re-turn bottle - without letting the bottle go - put it in the machine with the barcode obscured (i.e. facing down), spin it over so the bar code is facing up and pull it out. Once the machine beeps quickly put in the out of scheme bottle and it will be accepted.
Are they paper labels?
I had one similar printed on white paper and it paid out ok.
Fair point on it not going to someone who needs it....
They are bringing in something similar on a trial basis in Dublin.
Just a small point, if you leave the cans you don't really have any control over who takes them.
It could be a needy person or just someone who's making a few euro on the side.
Wow odd
Just put them into the dispose tray. Tried and tried a few times with both cans
I checked that barcode on the Re-turn website.
https://re-turn.ie/consumer/
They are in scope IE. registered.
They should pay out
Maybe take them back and try again
I'm currently in holidays in Germany and Denmark. Both have a similar deposit return scheme. One thing I've noticed is that people were leaving their empty bottles by the public bin, not in the bin. When I asked some locals, it was done so that less fortunate people could pick them up and get some money for them. In effect, people, by leaving them next to the bin, were donating them to charity.
Only copped when returning cans these 2 rejected ones (from the local Chinese)
This is the workaround they have so after importing from Poland? Thing stuck on
You know the way some charities set up just outside supermarkets. How long before they're set up beside the DRS machines looking for your empties as well?
Blue bin it is
I can save you a trip as I tried many bottles from NI. Only the ones with the logo work.
Yes pretty much all supermarkets, it's not necessarily just those with the logo, if the barcode is common with stock here that will work, it's all driven by the barcode.
I know the following have logos up there and work…Carling, AU Vodka, Sprite and a lot of own brand Tesco soft drinks.
Yeah. You can look here:
https://re-turn.ie/#WhereToReturn
I can’t see that particular logo but I’ll take a spin into town to see if it works . Are the return places in super markets
Agreed.
It needs to be sorted.
A quote from them means nothing if they aren't doing anything about it - guessing that was Lidl as well
Shouldn't be up to the customer to go spending more time just to try and get their money back
They will work if they have the logo:
so plastic bottles from the north won’t work ?
