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Deposit Return Scheme causing waste collection price increases?

Waste collection companies have warned they may increase prices for recycling bin collections to make up for the loss of plastic bottles and drinks cans to the Deposit Return Scheme. They say the bottles and cans are the most valuable items in household green bins, and they are losing millions of euro in sales of these to manufacturers since the Deposit Return Scheme began. What do you think? Guest host Anna Daly is joined by listeners to discuss. see more