Deposit return scheme (recycling) - Part 2

Sorry if this has come up before, I don't want to read through 149 pages and the boards search function is useless for searching individual threads (I think - correct me if not).

I've been in a couple of cafes lately where if you order a soft drink you have to pay the deposit. Are they supposed to offer to knock it off the bill if you return the container there and then? I'd imagine hardly anyone takes it with them. I know I should have asked at the time, but I didn't want to make a fuss and embarrass the teenagers. 🤣

Some go thru just fine, and some are like dropping a spanner into a set of gears.

My opinion on Mandate is… mixed.

Probably take with you or leave as tip for staff.

Very few will bother to take returns due to our large exemption size of 250 square metres.

If I recall correctly each item returned via RVM is worth 2.2 cent.

About 4.55 on the Friday before August Bank Holiday. Ideally against the backdrop of an unfolding tragedy or scandal or celebrity death somewhere else in the news.

But it could take around 3 years for Tesco to recover the €15 million cost of installing the machines. A few months ago they reported 200 million returns in the first year. That would be €4.4 million from the 2.2 cents payments. It will probably be shorter though beacuse they were counting from February 2024, and the early months were low.

There's also a subsidy scheme for the first three years of low usage RVMs; something I suspect no Tesco has though!

A significant difference yes. It leads me to question it now if Tesco track it differently to recover their costs VS investment. Tesco said they invested €15,000,000 into their DRS machines. I don’t know, I’m not in management anymore and I’m just trying to think outside the bubble why my current Store Mnager told us those figures.

Now that I know the figures, makes me think that hosting a house party now might become a part-time job…