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Carlow consumers urged to get cash for trash in new scheme

Consumers in Carlow will have a chance to get ‘cash for trash’ when they recycle their used bottles and cans, as a result of a new ‘deposit and return’ scheme introduced by the Green Party. Green Party TD for Carlow Kilkenny and Minister for Nature, ...

02 Feb 2024 at 09:17

Around Carlow

Two Carlow shops confirm over 2 million containers returned since the start of Return Scheme

SuperValu and Centra stores in Carlow have announced the return of over 2 million eligible single-use containers through the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). Since the scheme's launch in February, SuperValu and Centra stores in nationwide have achieved ...

11 Oct 2024 at 10:53

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 together UKHospitality,...

11 Oct 2023 at 18:43

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 shop back, but only after you've ...

02 Jul 2024 at 12:32

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

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 123,000 plastic bottles and ...

01 Jan 2025 at 14:53

Around Carlow

County Carlow leads Leinster in plastic bottle and can returns

Carlow is currently the best-performing county per capita in Leinster for plastic bottles and can returns. Re-turn, the operator of Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), is celebrating the milestone of 1 billion drinks ...

25 Feb 2025 at 07:00

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 ...

01 Feb 2024 at 00:10

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 at a Deposit ...

10 Jul 2024 at 11:22

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

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