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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 19:33

Callan

Deposit return scheme for bottles and cans a ‘game changer’ for Kilkenny

A ‘game changer’ for recycling in Kilkenny is set to arrive later this year with the start of a ‘deposit return scheme’ for cans and bottles. Still in the planning stages, a pilot scheme underway in Dublin and the first demonstration ...

19 Mar 2022 at 15:33

Scotland

Law would ban companies from destroying unused durable goods

A new law would ban companies from destroying unsold durable goods, as part of a range of measures to increase reuse and recycling rates. The Circular Economy Bill will also include measures to introduce charges for single-use ...

30 May 2022 at 11:50

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Heineken products make up 23% of branded litter in UK

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Heineken products made up almost a quarter of branded litter found by volunteers during a UK environmental clean-up project. More than half (51%) of identifiable litter can be traced back to just 10 ...

06 May 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Concerns raised about decision to delay deposit return scheme

The private firm involved in the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) was arranging contracts with a delayed start date before Scottish Government ministers had agreed to postpone it, a Holyrood Committee has heard. The Scottish ...

25 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Volunteer litter pickers wanted to help measure impact of deposit return scheme

Countryside campaigners are looking for volunteers to collect and monitor litter as part of a project aimed at assessing the impact of Scotland’s new deposit return scheme. The Association for the Protection of Rural ...

06 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Scotland urged to ‘live up to promises’ on planned deposit return scheme

Scotland needs to “live up to our promises” and implement its deposit return scheme (DRS) as planned next year, campaigners have insisted. They insisted ministers must not push back the roll-out of the initiative ...

21 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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 ...

28 Nov 2022 at 17:33

Scotland

Business leaders raise concerns about regulations and deposit return scheme

Scotland’s retail sector can thrive in the year ahead, a leading industry figure insisted, as he raised concerns about the impact of tax rises north of the border and the new deposit return scheme for drinks ...

28 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Family

Man who saved £40,000 over two years fulfils childhood promise and buys house for mother who was struggling with rent

A graphic designer who saved an average of £1,600 per month over approximately two years, amounting to a total of £40,000, has fulfilled a childhood promise and bought a two-bedroom house for his single ...

03 May 2023 at 07:00

City

Credit Suisse saw £55bn pulled from bank in lead-up to collapse

Credit Suisse has revealed it saw 61 billion Swiss francs (£55 billion) leave the bank in the first three months of the year as customers rushed to withdraw cash prior to its collapse. The Swiss ...

24 Apr 2023 at 08:14

Scotland

MSP accuses Alister Jack of making ‘categorically untrue’ statement to Commons

A Green MSP has written to the speaker of the House of Commons accusing Scottish Secretary Alister Jack of making “categorically untrue” statements around the deposit return scheme. Ross Greer ...

24 Apr 2023 at 12:10

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