Deposit return scheme (recycling)

A website would never be up to date.Same as a battery charger website

Up in aldi in belgard earlier with a bunch of bottles and cans that my neighbour gave me yesterday. Both machines working fine, all items went through first time and got a voucher for €2.55 back which I passed on to him. One other person was using them, they had their kid feeding bottles but it looked like everything was getting rejected. I asked them if they had paid a deposit on the bottles but they didn't seen to know for sure.

On the aldi one it's on screen, titled Payment Now I think.

Huh?! I don't agree.

So these machines aren't smart enough to transmit information to a central area via the Internet or a basic thing that acts like a data sim card, seems stupid are they reliant on the shop reporting when machine down or how full they are? It's not complex...

I heard the guy fixing the machines at lidl saying the light sensors/readers inside get prone to dirt and water from bottles if they are damp - and that makes them shutdown.

After washing out your containers 1 at a time hang them up with your washing or get the hair dryer out. After checking they are dry 1 at a time hump them to the nearest RVM (without damaging any of them) and IF the machine is working feed them into it 1 by 1. Then if you get your voucher head in store where you might be able to redeem it at a special till unless you're outside the alloted time for cashin in your voucher. Remember under 10 euro per voucher transaction only. 😆. Sure tis grand. Everyone has endless free time and patience for this shyite. You'd nearly think its intentional.

" there are a mix of producers and retailers in there"

Reads like a cosy cartel, a mix of producers and retailers run Return do they. Who's there to represent the most important component of this scheme - the ordinary citizens, consumers, those required to pay this tax and do all the work for them to sometimes be able to claim it back.

No wonder the thing is dysfunctional and not integrated into the bin system.

Scrap it.

Well their articles of association are available from the CRO for a small fee if you want to confirm, I've downloaded them and this is what it says. The initial board makeup is also in there, and updates are available separately.

https://core.cro.ie/e-commerce/company/search/4853115

Unless they publicise it separately, I guess so. If you search LinkedIn most directors probably have it on their profiles.

Was in a local corner shop today talking to one of the workers about the RVM machine the store has (one of the well known "big franchise" corner stores that shell remain nameless for now) and seen him emptying the machine. i had no idea the stores actually have to empty the machines. I Had assumed that re-turn has to return to the store (all pun intended) and empty it themselves. Apparently return only come to collect the recyclable products after they've the machine has been emptied and has its contents brought into the back. There may also be a minimum amount of bales that will come out to collect (i think 3, i didn't really get a clear answer on this, he told me i would have to speak to the manager if i wanted a more clearer answer).

He wouldn't allow me to come with him into the back of the store unfortunately, but he was more than happy to answer most of my questions about the RVM. He would'nt allow me to touch the machine while he's emptying it either, but he did allow me to look inside it aslong as i kept my distance and didn't get too close.

It looked different than i had imagined, and also noticed a couple of differences when comparing it to the likes of other stores and supermarkets that have bigger sized RVM's. Firstly the conveyor belt is slower but wider, secondly the chute it goes down is shaped different, thirdly all items that the machine accepts go down the same hole, And Fourth this machine does not shred up or chop any of the cans or bottles. Instead it just merely flattens them.

When he was emptying the machine he pulled out what i can only describe as a metal box on wheels with no lid at the top. i'm unsure if the wheels were from inside the machine already attached onto the box, or if he lifted slid the box out like a drawer onto something with wheels.

Also in the small machine, the cans and bottles are mixed! in the likes of aldi however the machine seperates them and sends them down a different chute i've noticed. Based on this, would it be safe to assume all of the stores that have only 1 machine, has the cans and bottles mixed?

And before anyone asks: no i didn't fill the machine up, it was being emptied when i got there. But i did put about 150 or so cans and bottles in, in hopes of filling it up again and trolling the worker into coming back out to empty it again so i could have another look inside. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to fill the machine again XD

Is there any official list of products that charge this extra fee?