Bottle deposit scheme i

I run a tight ship at home when it comes to the bins. Recycle everything that is recyclable etc

Now, I have to take the bottles and cans (if they apply with all the old to new issues) into Dunnes Donaghmede, trapse through the store with my trolley full of cans and bottles (the machines are buried down the back in the store) join potential queues, recycle my cans and bottles, take my ticket for cash or discount off my shop, trapse back through the store and start my shopping 

Absolute disaster. All those that shop online  using their petrol cars to drive to the store to claim their deposit back

I agree with the idea in principal but as usual its being implemented completely arseways.

It should really only apply to smaller bottles, glass and cans being sold in newsagents and offos etc.. thats the stuff not being recycled. People consuming them on the go and f**king them into a normal bin or on the ground. Itd sort out broken glass too.

The vast majority of big 2 litre bottles and canned foods sold in supermarkets have already been going into the recycling bin at home for last 20 years.

We tend to do our shopping on the way home from work without the car 2 or 3 times a week instead of one big weekly shop like we used to. I'll now have to make an extra trip outside of that with the car just to bring back the bottles!

It also means absolutely f**k all will be going into the recycling bin to the point its hardly worth keeping.

I can see us probably recycling less with it than more!

1. You do the same as ya do for your bottles and save them for the trip to the recycling centre

2. Homeless lads with trolleys will go around collecting them

Exactly the amount of cans and bottles thrown all over the city and countryside is shocking .  This gives an incentive to people to either return their own or pick up those left by others.  Works in Denmark and many other European countries.  Smoking ban was attack by many when it came it and people saying this and that won’t work and the same with the plastic bag levy.  In reality I expect this to work well after a couple of teething problems. 

Can’t imagine having more than 5 or 6 bottles/cans per week to put in it anyway.