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#747 The Deposit Return Scheme Has Become A National Irritation, with Laura Perrins
Journalist Laura Perrins joins Niall Boylan to talk about, or more accurately give out about, Ireland’s controversial Deposit Return Scheme. What was supposed to be a simple environmental initiative has instead left many consumers frustrated, with complaints about long queues, broken machines, extra charges on shopping bills and people storing bags of sticky cans and bottles in their homes waiting to cash them in.
This week, Peadar Tóibín called on the bosses of the scheme to appear before an Oireachtas Committee, saying it is “time to reform or end this beset scheme.” Laura argues the public…
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