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Ireland government urged to include glass bottles in scheme
Glass bottles should be included in Ireland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) in a bid to tackle the country’s waste crisis, according to Danish experts.
The calls were made during a recent Best Practice Workshop, which explored how Ireland’s DRS can be as effective as possible.
The workshop was attended by experts from Denmark’s DRS scheme, which boasts high collection and recycling rates for drinks containers.
The Irish government is set to introduce a DRS for drinks containers in 2022.
A second consultation on the scheme is currently underway, with a draft design where consumers pay a variable deposit fee on all PET plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans. This deposit is paid upon purchase of the drinks container, which is then received by consumers when they bring the containers back to the shop or collection point.
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