Comes into effect today, 1 February.
Anyone used this yet?
Is it easy to use? Any issues with it ?
Something similar coming in in the UK in Oct 2025 I believe.
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 01, 2024, 02:28:35 PMComes into effect today, 1 February.
Anyone used this yet?
Is it easy to use? Any issues with it ?
They pay it into your card, so you might not like it
You pay more up front and then have to trip back to the shop to recycle/refund bottles that the council currently collect from my doorstep :(
Doesn't make sense to me, apart from a feeling that I'm going to get penalised for all the lazy bastatfs who couldn't be arsed putting the right bottle in the right bin currently.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 01, 2024, 03:50:28 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on February 01, 2024, 02:28:35 PMComes into effect today, 1 February.
Anyone used this yet?
Is it easy to use? Any issues with it ?
They pay it into your card, so you might not like it
Says cash in the video.
I like it but I imagine it'll be a whole song and dance for some people.
Quote from: Sportacus on February 01, 2024, 05:35:26 PMYou pay more up front and then have to trip back to the shop to recycle/refund bottles that the council currently collect from my doorstep :(
Doesn't make sense to me, apart from a feeling that I'm going to get penalised for all the lazy bastatfs who couldn't be arsed putting the right bottle in the right bin currently.
Feel the same makes no sense. My recycle bin is already half full with plastic bottles.
It seems small businesses are at a disadvantage here with these machines , as they cost up to €30,000 .
Hard to compete against the big supermarkets who can afford to install them , and then pick up the trade from those there returning the bottles
We've had it here in New South Wales for a few years now - it's on glass as well, but only up to a certain size. Intended to be only the ones that would often be drunk away from home - they assume the rest would go into recycling anyway. So beer and soft drinks are in but wine bottles and big milk containers are out.
Seems to have reduced litter quite a bit if nothing else.
Quote from: An Astrail on February 06, 2024, 12:34:56 AMWe've had it here in New South Wales for a few years now - it's on glass as well, but only up to a certain size. Intended to be only the ones that would often be drunk away from home - they assume the rest would go into recycling anyway. So beer and soft drinks are in but wine bottles and big milk containers are out.
Seems to have reduced litter quite a bit if nothing else.
Here it would have been perfectly reasonable on 500Ml and 750Ml bottles that you use on the move, but it should not have been imposed on 1.5L bottles which mostly go into households and from there into the recycling bin.