EXCLUSIVE: The Deposit Return Scheme, which has the stated aim of reducing waste and increasing recycling, is printing around 150,000 vouchers a day on non-recyclable paper
Vouchers dispensed by reverse vending machines as part of the Deposit Return Scheme are not made from recycled paper and cannot be recycled, the company responsible for the environmental initiative has confirmed.
The DRS was introduced last February as a circular economy initiative, based on the reuse and regeneration of materials, with a view to reducing waste and increasing recycling. However, a spokesman for the company confirmed to the Irish Mirror yesterday that the vouchers issued by reverse vending machines are printed on paper that is neither recycled nor recyclable.
Complaints from members of the public received by the minister responsible for the DRS have repeatedly pointed out that making people drive to shops with returnable containers instead of using household recycling bins increases carbon emissions.
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