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The DAA said Dublin Airport does not sell bottles that are part of the Deposit Return Scheme - but vendors who operate in the airport do

The scheme, which was introduced at the end of January this year, has seen more that 70 million containers returned.

Cans and bottles must then be returned empty and undamaged in order to reclaim a deposit.

Some products are expected to vanish off shop and off-licence shelves, with smaller international companies signalling an unwillingness to pay for Re-turn deposit recycling labels.

Re-turn has clarified that some containers which don’t contain a logo will incur a deposit which can then be reclaimed.

“It is going to have adverse effects on small businesses as people are under informed about the scheme,” says a retailer in Sligo, as the new Deposit Return scheme rolled out last Thursday.

New levy for the Deposit Return Scheme sees extra costs for consumers

The reverse vending machines have been installed in stores by across the county in support of the Deposit Return Scheme which aims to limit waste and protect th...

Martin Foley, proprietor of Foley's Off Licence in Sligo, claims the newly -introduced Deposit Return Scheme for bottles and cans is disadvantageous to

The Deposit Return Scheme will see people get money back for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans