Exclusive: The disgruntled passenger told Minister Ossian Smyth that he had to carry two empty bottles with him to Asia to reclaim 50 cent on his return
A man brought two plastic bottles on a 10,000-mile round trip to Asia in order to reclaim 50 cent under the Deposit Return Scheme because there are no reverse vending machines in Dublin Airport , the Irish Mirror can reveal.
There are no reverse vending machines located at Dublin Airport. WHSmith and Boots operate manual return points, but these require passengers to return to the shopping area and queue up again.READ MORE: Consumers binning bottles and cans as swarms of wasps infest Re-turn machines Mr Smyth’s private secretary responded to the email on the minister’s behalf, advising him that reverse vending machines were “due to be installed in the near future” at Dublin Airport.
Earlier this year, one correspondent calculated that if 50 percent of 100,000 daily outward passengers buy a drink at the airport, over €2.7 million in uncollected deposits would end up in Re-turn’s coffers each year.
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