Recycling trays to be trialled to ‘discourage people going through bins in search of plastic bottles’
https://www.thejournal.ie/recycling-trays-trialled-to-discourage-people-going-through-bins-plastic-bottles-6458666-Aug2024/
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Gas, I actually saw a lad going round and raiding the bins the other day. He was clearly doing well, had a massive bag if bottles and cans.
It reminded me of being in Berlin, lovely quiet square. Put a bottle in the bin, barely took a step away and some homeless lad was giving out about the bottle being in there.
It’s amazing how fast everyone adjusted
We have them here in Copenhagen (at a glance the photo is of a Copenhagen bin).
There good to have, and reduce the need for people to go through bins &makes collecting the cans slightly more dignified.
I saw a lad near the three arena going through the bin, everything he took out that wasn’t a return bottle he dropped on the ground.
How about they fix part of the problem i. E. Allowing smaller businesses to be exempt from having to accept back the bottles/cans. If you go to a stall or corner shop and buy a drink you shouldn’t then have go hold onto the container until you get to a bigger shop to get your refund. Very few people are going to do that. In Germany where this scheme is run properly you can always return your bottle/can from where you bought it – whether that is a market stall, small shop, bakery etc
DCC would be doing well to put some actual bins around the place never mind recycling trays.
In Berlin people would place bottles on the ground beside a bin.
That’s what I’ve been doing in Ireland since return came in.
We are going backwards as a country.
60 trays is just a token jester. DCC did an announcement for covers to stop seagulls from attacking the rubbish bags…. Never even saw one in operations, at the same time dcc street cleaning vans on Grafton street are going around washing the paths with rubbish from the shop all over the street. Mind boggling. This at 11:30pm. How can business that close at 6pm or 9pm still have their rubbish piled up???
Another side effect of that truly ridiculous bottle return scheme.
Kids in my estate (really it’s the toe rags from the neighbouring estate) come through ours on recycling days and have been known to inspect bins that are waiting for the bin men.
It’s not just public bins and grown up junkies.
Imagine if we had a way of recycling plastic at home
Yay!! More of my money is being spent on stupid shit.
Yay!! More of my money is being spent on stupid shit.