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Deposit return scheme: 'I find the whole experience very annoying'

Millions of euro has gone unclaimed in the first 40 days of plastic bottle and can deposit return...

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12.42 26 Mar 2024


Deposit return scheme: 'I find the whole experience very annoying'


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12.42 26 Mar 2024


Millions of euro has gone unclaimed in the first 40 days of plastic bottle and can deposit return scheme.  

So far €1.2 million worth of deposits were returned to customers in the form of vouchers issued by reverse vending machines.  

However, that is only a small fraction of the five million bottles and cans which are sold daily in Ireland daily.   

What has been your experience of the deposit return scheme?  Andrea was joined by listeners and shop owners to discuss...


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