16% estimated return rate. More than 400 million cans /bottles not returned!
I won’t lie, I’m too lazy to do this. I recycle and I try to be environmentally conscious within my means. I just consider this a green donation.
I haven’t brought any of mine back yet. I have one full bag and a couple of stray bottles that I will return eventually but I just haven’t got around to it. I’m sure there’s others like me so I wouldn’t call the scheme a failure just yet.
I’m extremely time poor so don’t have the time to do this. That said, everything goes in the green bin anyway. But I loathe the tax and will never vote Green again.
I think it’s good for kids looking for a few quid, but most people were recycling the bottles anyway. They’ve now created an extra step for no reason. Those who throw their recyclables on the street are going to continue to do so.
Mrs made a big deal of bringing some cans and bottles to the one in our local Aldi. I was like “why would you bother, it’s more stress than it’s worth” for a few euro and it’s a mess.
Anyway – we got there with the bag and the machine was broke lol. Just seems it’s not a great piece of kit.
I just don’t buy bottles or cans anymore, I won’t be returning g anything to them cause the odd can or bottle I buy isn’t worth it.
The extra charge should not apply to water and it might encourage people to buy water over a fizzy drink
I’m about 10km each way from the closest return place so the costs of getting to one to return my 8pack of Guinness would cancel out the benefit…I already pay for a recycle bin at home. This scheme is a joke and a way of making money as the article shows but the poor numbers.
Gone to these things three times and never worked properly, broken down while using them or massive queue, realised the government are making me return bottles for less than minimum wage.
What I really hate is that they’re proud of the numbers being returned “we’ve already recycled a million bottles!!”
These bottles would have gone in the green bin anyway. Its not like we have a huge litter problem in fairness. The bottles would have been recycled and still will be. You’ve now just overcomplicated the process, made it harder than it needs to be and significantly increased the carbon footprint associated with the life cycle of each can/bottle.
I also don’t have the time to do this or the space to store them. I’m trying to do it weekends but it’s hard with everything else i have on. Also had ants in our utility room full of empty cans.. and summers only starting..
I’m not a fan of it, but honestly it has kinda worked… We drink a lot of sparkling water in our house, and don’t have space to be storing all the empties, so I got a home carbonating machine and were using that now.
Kinda hilarious that we have no problems adding so much cost and inconvenience to water bottles, and yet that disposable vapes get a free pass, even though they’re considerably worse in every way.
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16% estimated return rate. More than 400 million cans /bottles not returned!
I won’t lie, I’m too lazy to do this. I recycle and I try to be environmentally conscious within my means. I just consider this a green donation.
I haven’t brought any of mine back yet. I have one full bag and a couple of stray bottles that I will return eventually but I just haven’t got around to it. I’m sure there’s others like me so I wouldn’t call the scheme a failure just yet.
I’m extremely time poor so don’t have the time to do this. That said, everything goes in the green bin anyway. But I loathe the tax and will never vote Green again.
I think it’s good for kids looking for a few quid, but most people were recycling the bottles anyway. They’ve now created an extra step for no reason. Those who throw their recyclables on the street are going to continue to do so.
Mrs made a big deal of bringing some cans and bottles to the one in our local Aldi. I was like “why would you bother, it’s more stress than it’s worth” for a few euro and it’s a mess.
Anyway – we got there with the bag and the machine was broke lol. Just seems it’s not a great piece of kit.
I just don’t buy bottles or cans anymore, I won’t be returning g anything to them cause the odd can or bottle I buy isn’t worth it.
The extra charge should not apply to water and it might encourage people to buy water over a fizzy drink
I’m about 10km each way from the closest return place so the costs of getting to one to return my 8pack of Guinness would cancel out the benefit…I already pay for a recycle bin at home. This scheme is a joke and a way of making money as the article shows but the poor numbers.
Gone to these things three times and never worked properly, broken down while using them or massive queue, realised the government are making me return bottles for less than minimum wage.
What I really hate is that they’re proud of the numbers being returned “we’ve already recycled a million bottles!!”
These bottles would have gone in the green bin anyway. Its not like we have a huge litter problem in fairness. The bottles would have been recycled and still will be. You’ve now just overcomplicated the process, made it harder than it needs to be and significantly increased the carbon footprint associated with the life cycle of each can/bottle.
I also don’t have the time to do this or the space to store them. I’m trying to do it weekends but it’s hard with everything else i have on. Also had ants in our utility room full of empty cans.. and summers only starting..
I’m not a fan of it, but honestly it has kinda worked… We drink a lot of sparkling water in our house, and don’t have space to be storing all the empties, so I got a home carbonating machine and were using that now.
Kinda hilarious that we have no problems adding so much cost and inconvenience to water bottles, and yet that disposable vapes get a free pass, even though they’re considerably worse in every way.