The Banker
Full Member
People drink water, soft drinks and energy drinks. Producers put the drinks into cans & plastic bottles. It’s not the people’s fault. Years ago all drinks were in glass bottles. Not anymore.
Not bad for a scheme that was never going work and be gone in a year!![]()
Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme - Re-Turn
Over 500 million drinks containers have been returned since the scheme launched on February 1, 2024. There are now 2,567… Continue reading Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Schemere-turn.ie
Daily Average of Drinks Containers returned in Months:
3.6 million x .15c = €540k
- 69,000 containers a day in February
- 670,000 containers a day in March
- 1.7 million containers a day in April
- 2.5 million containers a day in May
- 3 million containers a day in June
- 3.2 million containers a day in July
- 3.6 million containers a day in August
No mention of how many containers, on average, are sold every day.
That’s a lot of bike sheds right there like
Bonuses all round for getting it across the lineNot bad for a scheme that was never going work and be gone in a year!
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Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme - Re-Turn
Over 500 million drinks containers have been returned since the scheme launched on February 1, 2024. There are now 2,567… Continue reading Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Schemere-turn.ie
Daily Average of Drinks Containers returned in Months:
3.6 million x .15c = €540k
- 69,000 containers a day in February
- 670,000 containers a day in March
- 1.7 million containers a day in April
- 2.5 million containers a day in May
- 3 million containers a day in June
- 3.2 million containers a day in July
- 3.6 million containers a day in August
No mention of how many containers, on average, are sold every day.
That’s a lot of bike sheds right there like
Just once here.I've not used one yet
Per dayThat would buy one and a half Dail Éireann bike sheds
What overall percentage would have ended up in people’s domestic recycling anyway? It appears to blatantly leave that summation out.![]()
Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme - Re-Turn
Over 500 million drinks containers have been returned since the scheme launched on February 1, 2024. There are now 2,567… Continue reading Ireland’s Record Returns Over half a billion containers returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Schemere-turn.ie
Daily Average of Drinks Containers returned in Months:
3.6 million x .15c = €540k
- 69,000 containers a day in February
- 670,000 containers a day in March
- 1.7 million containers a day in April
- 2.5 million containers a day in May
- 3 million containers a day in June
- 3.2 million containers a day in July
- 3.6 million containers a day in August
No mention of how many containers, on average, are sold every day.
That’s a lot of bike sheds right there like
I've better things to be at, like making a dwelling out of my many plastic bottles on the banks of the GangesTheir first financial report will be interesting