Caroline O’Doherty: We need a month of Sundays for Deposit Return Scheme to hit recycling targets
The uptick in numbers of people using the Deposit Return Scheme is something to build on. Stock image
Three million plastic drinks bottles and cans were popped, dropped, pushed and slipped into Deposit Return Scheme machines last Sunday – and the operators of the scheme are ecstatic.
So they should be. The scheme has had a bit of rocky start and badly needs people to start treating it like a normal part of the weekly shop or daily walk or occasional extra chore.
