The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Ireland is facing criticism as binmen and hospitality workers are stockpiling discarded containers for personal financial gain. Complaints to the Department of the Environment reveal that these workers are collecting bottles and cans from bins and reverse vending machines, circumventing the intended recycling system. This practice has forced public bodies like Dublin City Council to implement measures to prevent unauthorized collection of containers.
Binmen and hospitality workers are continuing to cash in on the Deposit Return Scheme by stockpiling discarded containers and bringing them to reverse vending machines themselves, according to a number of complaints received by the Department of the Environment .
READ MORE: Man defecates in bottle and inserts it in Re-turn machine in dirty protest over controversial schemeRecent complaints received by Ossian Smyth, the minister responsible for the DRS, show that the practice is continuing, with members of the public reporting that both council workers and restaurant staff are collecting bottles and cans for themselves.
Another person wrote to Mr Smyth to report that restaurants that offer table service were charging customers deposits on bottles and cans, but then collect the empty containers from tables and claim the deposits themselves. “I think we have left this open to abuse and no checks are being performed on the takeaway businesses who open later in the day.
He was also told: “Machines either do not work or are blocked by people who have large bin bags full of stuff. All the receipts issued by their machines are non-recyclable,” the person added.
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