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Sinn Féin Cllr slams potential price increases in waste management

Sinn Féin Cllr Padraig Fallon has described an unwelcome potential price-hikes in Ireland’s privatised waste management system. Cllr Fallon said: "The unwelcome news that the cost of household recycling could be on the way up brings into sharp focus ...

03 Jul 2024 at 16:40

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Further consumer guidance on the Deposit Return Scheme

Ireland's Deposit Return Scheme is live. The operator of the nationwide scheme, Re-turn, has the following guidance for consumers. What will I pay? A deposit of 15 cents will apply to each drinks container from 150ml - 500mls and a deposit of 25 ...

04 Feb 2024 at 15:30

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Hospitality industry demands unified deposit return scheme across UK and Ireland

Hospitality trade bodies from across the UK and Ireland have called on governments to work together on the creation of a unified deposit return scheme. The United Kingdom and Ireland Licensed Trade Association – which brings together ...

11 Oct 2023 at 18:43

National News

OPINION: Extra bin charges as 'reward' for supporting Deposit Return Scheme a disgrace

You couldn't make it up. The much heralded Deposit Return Scheme which costs you money every time you do the shopping is now going to cost you even more. I know, I know - you get the deposit you pay in the shop back, but only after ...

02 Jul 2024 at 12:32

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Guidance for Irish Consumers ahead of February’s Deposit Return Scheme Introduction

Ireland's Deposit Return Scheme goes live on 1 February 2024. From this date onwards, when consumers purchase a drink in a plastic bottle or aluminium can that features the Re-turn logo, they will pay a fully refundable deposit in ...

10 Jan 2024 at 13:15

National News

Hospital porters raise staggering €20,000 from Deposit Return Scheme for sick children

In an uplifting story to kick-off 2025, a group of hospital porters from Cork University Hospital have raised almost €20,000 to buy critical medical equipment for seriously ill children by recycling 123,000 plastic bottles and ...

01 Jan 2025 at 14:53

Newsletter LeitrimLive

Ireland's Deposit Return Scheme is now live in Leitrim

  Ireland's Deposit Return Scheme is now live in Leitrim and Re-turn has shared further guidance for consumers on how the Scheme works and how to get your deposit refund. My drinks container did not have a Re-turn logo on it, ...

09 Feb 2024 at 18:12

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Retailers call for Deposit Return Scheme to be ‘paused’ ahead of 1st February launch date

The Irish Petrol Retailers Association are today making a last ditch effort calling for a delay to the launch on the Deposit Re-Turn Scheme [DRS]. Many may ask what is the DRS and don’t yet realise how it will affect them ...

19 Jan 2024 at 15:54

National News

New Deposit Return Scheme for cans and bottles live today - what's it all about?

The Government's new Deposit Return Scheme that will see shoppers paying more at the tills for plastic bottles and cans is now live across Ireland. Shoppers will pay between 15c and 25c extra on cans and bottles and will ...

01 Feb 2024 at 00:10

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People divided over man at Deposit Return machine with two big black bags of bottles

People on social media have debated whether there is a need for better 'etiquette' when returning bottles and cans to the Deposit Return machines. X (formerly Twitter) user @ambergal47 posted a picture at a Deposit ...

10 Jul 2024 at 11:22

National News

How much?! Man receives staggering amount from Deposit Return Scheme as staff take pictures

Newstalk presenter Shane Beatty took to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday to share that he witnessed a man hand over an impressive €169.50 in receipts from the Deposit Return Scheme. Beatty said that the man was in ...

06 Nov 2024 at 14:16

National News

OPINION: The Deposit Return Scheme has failed but here's how the Govt can save it

We usually start small-talk conversations with the weather in Ireland; it's too warm, too cold, going to change, not going to change, Status Yellow, Status Orange, blah, blah, blah. There's very rarely a ...

07 May 2024 at 17:13

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