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Bus Éireann and Grow Mental Health launch reverse vending machine at Letterkenny bus station

Bus Éireann customers in Donegal are being encouraged to return their plastic bottles and aluminium drinks cans to the newly-installed reverse vending machine in Letterkenny bus station. Reverse vending machines assist in reducing single-use ...

21 Jul 2022 at 19:15

South Donegal

'Collecting bottles and cans for money could be a good incentive' - Ballyshannon retailer

A new scheme which is expected to encourage people to recycle their drinks bottles and cans has been welcomed by a Ballyshannon retailer. Under the new scheme anyone who buys a drink will pay a small deposit for the plastic bottle or can ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:40

Local News

New deposit return scheme means red tape and headaches for small businesses

The new deposit return scheme for drink containers means ‘more headaches and more paperwork’ for small businesses. That is according to Cllr Ciaran Brogan (FF) who was one of a number of councillors to raise concerns about the ReTurn ...

29 Jan 2024 at 13:18

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 conversation had in Ireland ...

07 May 2024 at 17:13

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 get that ...

01 Feb 2024 at 00:10

National News

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 ...

11 Oct 2023 at 18:43

Letterkenny/Milford MD

Lidl to add plastic bottle return facility to Letterkenny’s Port Road store

Lidl has been granted planning permission to add a deposit return scheme recycling facility to its store at Port Road in Letterkenny. The facility will allow customers to return plastic bottles to a reverse vending machine ...

29 Jan 2023 at 10:07

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

Local News

Bottle and Can Deposit Return scheme criticised by Council Chair Martin Harley

The Chair of Donegal County Council, Cllr Martin Harley, has issued a plea for recycling centres in the county to work much closer with small businesses in dealing with plastic bottles and cans, following the ...

10 Apr 2024 at 12:56

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 ...

02 Jul 2024 at 12:32

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,...

01 Jan 2025 at 14:53

National News

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 ...

10 Jul 2024 at 11:22

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