Deposit return scheme (recycling) - Part 2

Of course those incidents are from urban areas. That's where people gave to travel to in order to return the bottles and cans. And it's great you have so many machines near you. A good many aren't so fortunate. What part of this don't people get?

Interesting article on plastic and recycling in America. Are we also being led astray in Ireland and the EU ?

If paywalled, let me know, will sort it out for ye.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/24/california-exxonmobil-plastic-recycling/

Gombeenery.

Why have Councils provide plastic return banks when you can create a cash cow and pretend there was no other option? "ThE eU mAdE uS dO iT" isnt fooling anyone.

I put one between my lips one day while I was zipping up my bag and getting a basket in case they'd think I was robbing something.

I was wandering around the shop for ten minutes before I realised the bloody thing was still sticking out of my mouth 😳🤣.

In effect you did. Someone says it's many miles to a machine and you reply that there are loads within easy reach for you. At least 35% of the population don't live within easy reach of a machine. You also said you visit the shop several times a week when, again, many people don't have that luxury, or the shops near them do not have machines.

Okay, enough. It was posted that someone had to travel 17km or more to a machine.

You replied

Maybe for you. But where I am, there's probably at least a few hundred DRS machines within that radius.

Elsewhere you thought it incredulous that people would build up several bags of returns due to weekly shopping and that you were at shops with machines several times a week.

All that was being pointed put was that you are not everyone. People live quite a distance from machines, people shop monthly, and people build up quite a stack of returns. And telling someone who hasn't easy access that you have, smacks of "what's the issue, I'm fine".

No big deal, but keep in mind that one size doesn't fit all.

I'll leave it at that.

I know your post wasn't directed at me but when I go recycling I can have at least two of those clear big plastic bags filled with bottles.

There's only three of us in the house but we go through lots of water and Coca-Cola.

I live a short distance from town. We leave the bottles build up and put it towards a take-away.

I could very easily be like the person you took pictures of.

Well the Coca-Cola would be the same but the water can vary from size to brand.

Even the last time I went I had over 100 andI only had one full clear bag and a bit. The boot of my car can be full and often the back seat.

Manual Return Mr Price... twas slow... no coupon option, just cash refund from the till.

They didn't scan each item or anything with a barcode scanner as far as I could tell, just a visual check.

The shop assistant had to look up codes on a print out, then key that into the till.

Where do you store them before you go to the store.

In particular beside the Green Bin in my garage. I can put the flexi tub on top of the bin at night to make room for the car. If I had a full one and I wasn't going to the shop, I could store that in the boot of the car. Also empty flexi tubs can be stored stacked into each other, not taking up much room anywhere.

Exactly. I let a few bags build up in the shed before I make a trip. I take the empties from my Dad too to save him a trip and hassle.

Will have to keep an eye out for lurkers taking photos next time and make sure I’m not wearing “bin man clothes”.🤣

Dunno about people who stock pile. I'm would assume anyone who does that has space. Since one would require the other.

Kitchen and fridge. Don't have a wine cellar, or pantry, where do you store food and drink. In a bag in the outside bin maybe?

I'm not in the habit of storing things in the bin, then taking it for a drive around the local shops before hand sorting it one by one.

I was neutral on the idea before it started, but now I think it's ridiculous waste of time money and resources. Seems a really habit in modern society to make simple things complicated.

Must be a real pain for people in apartments.

People are obviously blinkered to it. But a lot of people have limited storage for storing this and the problems with the machines only compounds it as you have to store it even longer than should be necessary.