Irish consumers missed out on €66.7 million last year when they failed to cash in their deposits for soft drink containers through the DepositReturn Scheme (DRS) ... recycling rates of bottles and cans.
The bottle deposit return system (DRS) in the Philippines has been in place for many years. When I was a kid, I recall being tasked by my parents to refund bottle deposits in the neighborhood sari-sari store.
On the surface, Connecticut’s bottle deposit system seems simple. Consumers pay 10 cents on their beverage containers and receive 10 cents back when they return their empties to a retailer, bottle redemption center or reverse vending machine.