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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the chief executive for a report into what progress has been made in deposit return schemes for cans and plastic bottles and when we are likely to see such schemes?

REPLY:

The Irish Deposit Return Scheme is due to launch in February 2024. The Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy, Ossian Smyth, appointed the Deposit Return Scheme Ireland CLG, trading as Re-turn to operate the scheme.

In February 2024, when you buy a drink in a plastic bottle, aluminium or steel can that features the Re-turn logo, you pay a small deposit in addition to the price of the drink. When you return your empty, undamaged container to any retail outlet, you get your deposit back in full. There will be return points all across Ireland.

More information on the scheme can be found at www.re-turn.ie