Officially, the name of the state is Ireland as per the constitution, Republic of Ireland is a description introduced in the Republic of Ireland Act, (1948). But you're right in an English conversation, it's not Eire.
Returning cans and plastic bottles
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clinteastwood
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Sound, it is shorthand - just google the image of a Eire/Ireland passport - no mention of Poblacht na hEireann.!.
Another common complaint about the scheme is the lack of bulk return option at current Council waste depots, where you can just dump in a bag of cans or bottles and get cash \ voucher redeemable anywhere. This would also be more convenient for charity \ cleanup groups.
Well, shorthand would generally be a phonetic representation in a few symbols not supported by AAM
.Not in any language. Ireland or Éire, read our constitution.
Wouldn't we all, but you know that none of our Green Government politicans will ever disclose such information :-(
That's the name of the football team
And to *ahem* tie this sub-thread back to Re-turn ... currently also in need of recycling !
To get back on topic, the machines at Aldi always work and I haven't had anything rejected.
I'm fascinated by how many cans and bottles people are returning. I drop off at most 5 a week before getting my shopping, but see people with massive loads. I had assumed one person was using the machine for the first time and working through a backlog, but I saw them leaving with a trolley full of small bottles of water and juice. It seems to me that educating people not to buy these products in the first place would be a better scheme.
Dunnes and ALDI I have had the best experiences with so far.
Supervalu and LIDL poor. To take an example, Supervalu Sutton have 1 single large machine. This is a very large store. Dunnes Donaghmede of similar size has 3. The SV machine takes longer to fill up, but means all customers have to join single queue.
The machines at LIDL frequently out of order and are fussy.
And if anyone sees a working machines in Dealz please shout, they seem to be there for ornamentation only.
Similarly, places in Dublin actually taking manual returns.
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The R symbol is on them but machine doesn’t accept them.
The girl on till advised since from multi pack they won’t be accepted.
I've used the machine in Dealz in Drogheda. It's a bit fiddly, I had to press buttons to get through the process (including a start button, if I recall), but it worked and I got my voucher.
clinteastwood
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She needs to be educated. That seems complete nonsense.
I am hopeful that people will just be priced out of buying bottled products - eg parents buying slabs of small water bottles for daily lunches instead of larger bottles to fill up reusable ones if they can't drink tap water, bring along a reusable jug and some cordial for picnics/parties rather than loads of little bottles. Am also amazed at the volume some people are returning. And for people having celebrations or parties at home, it will take time to figure out how to get your guests to not crush cans and to have storage space to store returns but we manage to recycle the glass from these events and if buying a lot you can really see the tax add up so maybe people will get smart about that too.
I just wish we could outlaw the disposable hot drinks cups too! We were making good strides in behavior changes before COVID in that regard but now people have gone back again to them.
I just wish we could outlaw the disposable hot drinks cups too! We were making good strides in behavior changes before COVID in that regard but now people have gone back again to them.
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Literally wishing poverty on families with young children is appalling.
I think they're wishing that families bought 5l bottles which are exempt, and then using those to fill reusable bottles.
T McGibney
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When people tell you who they are, believe them.
The problem with reusable bottles for young kids is that they're expensive and easy to lose.
Jacking up the cost of disposables won't change that.
100% not my sentiment.
not what I intended. And am fully aware of the issue of lost items with kids! But in the long run reusable is not expensive and far far cheaper than paying the tax. Not everyone is buying Airups or Stanleys!
Not what I interpreted either, indeed a reusable bottle in conjunction with 5l, or even better, a filter jug would be so much cheaper in the long run. Lidl and others do cheap kids water bottles every now and then, ours aren't particularly careful but losing them isn't an issue.