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. 🤣

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.

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The bin surrounds are being put in new areas. The report from 10 July says that 1.6 billion containers have been returned. If 5 million was sold every calendar day from 01 Feb 2024, that would make a return rate of 61%. But it would be higher than that because of the sale of non logo containers in the early months.

https://re-turn.ie/re-turn-rolls-out-bin-surrounds-programme-across-ireland/

It is a two way street. It would need agreement between DRS and multiple financial institutions to operate. And they would not do it for free.

Like the vouchers which someone forgets to redeem on the day, that €54 million is available forever to be claimed. The shoppers can spend the vouchers whenever they go shopping again, or get cash for them. And anyone who wants their money back out of the €54 million simply has to bring their cans/bottles to a machine. I would not be in favour of DRS lining the pockets of the banks just to make life easier for forgetful shoppers.

No, it wouldn't. SEPA and card schemes like Visa and MasterCard exist to enable value movements like this.

You would need

1. A secure app that scans a QR code from machine screen or from a receipt and stores value in a wallet. (Screens could be an issue as in someone snapping your QR code before you notice).
2. A way to transfer value from that wallet to either an IBAN or card, customers choice, within the app.
3. You would ideally have options such as 'automatically send my balance' (say each day) or 'send to me when I request it.

None of this is rocket science.

The biggest stumbling block I see is if the codes at step 1 are coded to specific retailers, the fact they cannot be redeemed in other stores suggest they might well be. Retailers may have insisted on this to 'ensure footfall', and once such specificity is designed in, it could be difficult to design out.