Lidl: 10c for used bottles and cans [Expired]

course I do. I’m never in Lidl though.

You have been doing the right thing all along but others haven't.

All you will get from the new system is inconvenience and the hope that Recycling rates will improve and littering will reduced.

I'm in the same boat and I've become resigned to it.

My strategy is to reduce the number of plastic bottles and cans that I use.

Any deposit containers I do use I will return to get the money back because I hate all types of waste especially money 🙂

I usually get a nice meal for 2 including a bottle of house wine in a local restaurant for €75-€100, so I wouldn't consider it an insignificant amount of money.

Apparently we can look forward to better recycling rates and less litter.

They will probably qualify for an exemption from refunding but will still have to collect the deposit.

Couldn't they just do it for the cans and bottles you buy from the cold fridge in a shop, I'd imagine that is whats contributing to the litter not the 12 pack of water I bring home that goes in the bin at home.

I still won’t be bothered for the sake of a couple of quid. Or even, as mentioned, one nice meal out a year.

Does anybody here know or can confirm. When the machines become operational will they be giving out cash or can you tap a credit/debit card to get your deposit returned?

That complicates things somewhat but not aufully

One nice convenience this will bring for me personally is there's no more need to rinse the cans before bringing them back

Why do you think you will only get 2 quid back.

Any restriction on returns is likely only to be in very small premesis and will be a lot bigger than that.

Anyone with a Reverse Vending Machine will be looking to get the bottles and cans in, because they get a handling fee on every one of them.

The €2 limit is on Lidl's trial only

Lidl's trial is giving lots of people incredibly wrong ideas of how this will work - I've seen someone else complaining that you'll only get 10c back on a 15c deposit, due to Lid's trial giving 10c.

Lidls trial is not connected to the national system. It will be replaced by the national system with the full deposit refunded and no limit.

The system isn't going to make money for the government. The Lidl trial system costs Lidl money as there are no deposits at all.

I mean that's kind of the point of the system, its so much hassle to you and the extra cost that you reduce your plastic usage.

Most households already have glass to be recycled, jars etc. Adding additional bottles isn't as inconvenient as managing a bag of cans with this new inconvenient system. At least for me.

Or alternatively I could buy in to this system and not bother with bringing my bottles to the bottle bank any more. Meaning minimal increase in inconvenience.

I just read from the re-turn website that plastic bottles containing dairy products can't be put into these machines. This accounts for the vast majority of plastic bottles most households buy does it not?