Up to one in four bottles and cans not being recycled through Re-turn scheme
Millions of euro in deposits are going unclaimed by consumers each month, new figures show
As many as one in four drinks containers is not being recycled through the Deposit Return Scheme, latest figures from Re-turn show.
This equates to millions of euro a month still not being claimed under the scheme.
The latest statistics show that 111 million drinks containers were returned in August, returning €20 million to shoppers.
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It brings the total number of returned containers to 458 million, with €79.7 million of customers’ deposits returned to them.
The Deposit Return Scheme’s transition period ended on May 31 and, since then, all drinks containers sold in Ireland are required to have the Re-turn logo.
Although the number of drinks containers returned every month has been rising, the rate at which it is increasing has been slowing down.
A total of 78 million containers were returned in May, the last month of the transitional phase. This increased by 12 million in June to 90 million. Around 102 million containers were returned in July, a similar increase of 12 million.
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