Caroline O’Doherty: Deposit Return Scheme flaws will be sorted, but it won’t fix the plastic pollution crisis
Green MEP Grace O’Sullivan campaigned for legislation tackling plastic production. Photo: Tom Burke
Of all the exasperated reactions vented on social media about the Deposit Return Scheme, one causes unintended delight to environmentalists.
It’s the one where a furious shopper announces they’ll never use the accursed reverse vending machines again because they’ll never buy a bottled or canned beverage again. Ever. So there.
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