Environment

Deposit scheme refunds €1.2m to customers returning cans and plastic bottles

Since programme put in place at start of February, almost seven million containers have been put into reverse-vending machines

The money-back scheme encourages people to return used drinks containers to be recycled into new containers. Photograph: Gareth Chaney
The money-back scheme encourages people to return used drinks containers to be recycled into new containers. Photograph: Gareth Chaney
Cormac McQuinn
Wed Mar 20 2024 - 05:30 • 2 MIN READ

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Cormac McQuinn

Cormac McQuinn

Cormac McQuinn is a Political Correspondent at The Irish Times