No. I'm showing there are some people who love this new inconvenience and how they will profit off of it.
"how easy it is to use".
One of the Aldi's I frequent and have posted about numerous times before about their broken solitary machine. This was this evening, haven't been there in around a week. Guess what?
Ya, it's easy to use, in terms that people don't mind throwing in a few hundred cans and bottles at a time, while inconveniencing people who have regular household waste.
Those 2 must have hogged both machines for at minimum 10 minutes(I was waiting at least 5 minutes).
exploiting the scam? all you're doing with the photos of lads with multiple bags full is showing how easy it is to use it
doesn't bring him the money back though so...
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Well done on helping the father out.
That's the first time returning for older folk has been mentioned.
I wonder how widespread is that little bit of kindness?
Well fair play to you.
You have succeeded where others including myself failed.
I'm a bit surprised that nobody else has congratulated you on getting a manual return done.
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.
Apartments living probably has lots of real pains worse than deciding whether to bring some containers back to the shop they were bought in, or other shops. Or keep disposing of them whatever way it was done before.
Whether the majority of dwellings have garages would need figures to prove either way. But there are many dwellings in the countryside with other spaces for storing things, without needing a garage. And even in urban areas I see houses with garages which keep their bins permanently outside.
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.
Where do people store their full bottles and cans? Particularly the ones who avoid the deposit by filling their cars with stock in the North.
Assuming the people with no garages have Green Bins somewhere, they could store the Deposit empties in that until they are going shopping. Keep them in a bin bag in the bin, separate from the milk cartons and other stuff.
Or just leave them loose for the bin persons if they do not want the money back. Either way they would be taking up the same room in the bin as before DRS.
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”.🤣
Most houses don't have a garage. I didn't buy a car to use to it store rubbish, strange as that seems. Seems odd have a green bin then need more containers for exactly the same thing. But other countries do this for aluminium.
I'd say my success rate with returns is about 40-50%. It's taking so much space and time. It's just not worth it.
They should give people the option of an can and bottle bin, than this system.
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.
A garage is a handy place for this type of thing.
Where do you store them before you go to the store.
The issue isn't being near a machine. It's being able to find a working one.
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.
Do they examine each container?
Manual Return Mr Price... twas slow... no coupon option, just cash refund from the till.
Well before DRS I got a few of these when they were on sale in Aldi for €5. 40 litre flexi tubs. Useful in the garden and as a clothes basket. I use a couple of them for the bottles and cans, no need for bags. Very easy to keep clean, and they fit into the boot or the back seat of my car.
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.
So would you have mostly the same branded bottles of water and Coca-Cola? Household waste would in general, I feel, there would be some consistency. The person in the photos had a hodgepodge of every conceivable bottle and can. Also, would you be returning at least several hundred bottles and cans at a go?
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.
It is 17 miles (27 km) in the post. Not that it matters but I doubt there are people even within that radius who have a few hundred machines. Certainly not a few hundred DRS shops.
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.
No, I'm getting really tired of this. The person replied to my post and my photos.
The person I specifically was posting about isn't living out in the middle of nowhere, and it definitely wasn't his household waste. It's in the heart of Dublin. So all your other points, and theirs are moot. I wasn't talking about rural shoppers. I'm done with this now, quote me again on the matter and I'm going to ignore you.
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.
No. I never said that. But if you're talking about urban, suburban and rural. Two thirds of the country's population would be classified as urban/suburban, if not more. Meaning they're not far from shops and by extension DRS machines.
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 😳🤣.
Don’t think so to be fair. They were given with food when over €30 was spent or something. Must check next time
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.
