Deposit return scheme (recycling) - Part 2

and how much would the banks charge for that? There is a reason the stores get paid per return which isn't that much. The banks charge 1-3% in transaction fees. So the shop would get?

The codes are meant to be shared across all RVMs but it does require updates to be carried out which sometimes doesn't happen. It isn't about increasing footfall it is a mistake or poor administration by either the supplier or the retailer.

Odd one today in my local Aldi. Machines reasonably reliable and staff (when you can find one) are excellent, as in even offering my return € when machine malfunctioned and no receipt was issued. They were taking my word.

I digress,, first time seeing someone asking for cash refund. The cashier looked at his receipt, and with a ??? fob on her keyring had to enter in the number of returns on the receipt, which was approximately 40 items or so.

Swipe once, twice, three times etc. And most swipes needed at least 2 passes.

She apologized for holding me up, but what a joke.

And I wonder if they switched to glass bottles to avoid dealing with Re-turn.

Great result for the environment there.

Why banks? I'm talking about an app on my phone that can store the voucher, I don't want it to go directly into my bank account. Return finished, tap phone to NFC to store voucher on app.

There seems to be some alternative wa for reciepts to come out of the printer, either by accident or design. A large number of times I’ve seen the receipts being ejected out the bottom of the printer and straight into the returns container, infact, I’ve found several of them in there when I’ve been changing them over. That’s the first thing a staff member should have done.

You wouldn’t believe how much simpler the password actually is than that. I don’t mean that it’s 0000 or anything like that. They are all unique to the store; and in that there is the password.

If we’re smuggling* cheap Coca-Cola from Denmark, I think we can safely say we’ve lost the plot on pricing!

(*Not actual smuggling.)

There is no RVM in Lahinch, a small town in west Clare.

It has two supermarkets.

A staff member said that there is an exemption for small supermarkets.

The number of holiday homes and visitors/tourists there suggest to me that the town should have a RVM.

During last week, I visited the SuperValu in Milltown Malbay, and I have never seen such a queue for the two machines.

I've heard that the service station in Newcastle is getting a second bulk rvm installed, so there's obviously a need in non supermarket settings (it has a Spar, but that's fairly small).

There's also two supermarkets in Newcastle, both with 2 rvms.

Perhaps a non-supermarket in Lahinch could look into getting one or at least a standalone rvm? As you say the summer influx should make it viable.