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Topic: Deposit return scheme
21. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 09:37 jake89, Wed 19 Jun 07:45 Hang on, so you`re telling me people vote differently over time? When did this happen? Next you`ll be telling me it`s enabled by having a regular cadence of elections?! YOU WHAT?! Stick to the community council Tenruh 😂 Note the media have got hold of comments from the Labour candidate for Aberdeen from many years ago and he`s now suspended. Weird how the press manage to report these things but never follow up on multimillion pound scandals. It`s almost as if...no, they couldn`t be... Always wanted to be the CC chief executive 😉 😉 Reply
22. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 12:17 Tenruh, Wed 19 Jun 05:44 wee eck, Tue 18 Jun 22:37 Well at least they`re still representing the party the people who voted them in thought they represented. What have your pals in Alba achieved? Alba are an alternative to the Sham National Party, unfortunately they`ve not been radical enough since formed to make any impact... The SNP since the Sturgeon years are just a shadow of their former self`s. Go ask yourself how a Unionist party which was chased out of Scotland 9 years ago with just one MP, now looks like they are going to possibly gain a further 30+ MPs . Where`s it all gone wrong Eck ,what happened ? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/zy5k4opdnnrq1hpg/ 30+ MP`S, trifle optimistic!🤔🤣 Reply
23. Author: Tenruh Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 12:30 LochgellyAlbert, Wed 19 Jun 12:17 Tenruh, Wed 19 Jun 05:44 wee eck, Tue 18 Jun 22:37 Well at least they`re still representing the party the people who voted them in thought they represented. What have your pals in Alba achieved? Alba are an alternative to the Sham National Party, unfortunately they`ve not been radical enough since formed to make any impact... The SNP since the Sturgeon years are just a shadow of their former self`s. Go ask yourself how a Unionist party which was chased out of Scotland 9 years ago with just one MP, now looks like they are going to possibly gain a further 30+ MPs . Where`s it all gone wrong Eck ,what happened ? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/zy5k4opdnnrq1hpg/ 30+ MP`S, trifle optimistic!🤔🤣 OK I`ll go with 22 SNP & 35 Unionist. What are you thinking? Post Edited (Wed 19 Jun 12:31) Reply
24. Author: Parboiled Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 13:45 SNP defend delay in Scotgov response to the Cass report because of the election… Holyrood isnae having an election Reply
25. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 19th Jun 2024. 16:30 Still applies to Scottish civil servants though. They can`t do anything perceived to be party political during a pre-election period. Reply
26. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Thu 20th Jun 2024. 16:38 Just back from Germany - how they can run an easy and well used scheme and we cant is just mental to me. Even helps the homeless out too! Reply
27. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Thu 20th Jun 2024. 20:47 Dave_1885, Thu 20 Jun 16:38 Just back from Germany - how they can run an easy and well used scheme and we cant is just mental to me. Even helps the homeless out too! The system is very efficient in Germany. Nothing goes to waste. Even football games where fans are travelling to games with bottles and cans. As you alluded to, down and outs would be at the train stations with huge bags or trolleys to collect their goods to exchange at the supermarkets for a decent return. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply
28. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 20th Jun 2024. 22:17 They`ve had it in Canada for years. The bins even have little cup holders so you can put bottles/cans on the outside for homeless people to take without raking in the bins. I`d wish society offered support so this wouldn`t be required but at least it gives them a small amount of dignity. Ridiculous that we`ve got all these DRS sites sitting unused because Westminster are so useless. Reply
29. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 21st Jun 2024. 10:35 AdamAntsParsStripe, Thu 20 Jun 20:47 Dave_1885, Thu 20 Jun 16:38 Just back from Germany - how they can run an easy and well used scheme and we cant is just mental to me. Even helps the homeless out too! The system is very efficient in Germany. Nothing goes to waste. Even football games where fans are travelling to games with bottles and cans. As you alluded to, down and outs would be at the train stations with huge bags or trolleys to collect their goods to exchange at the supermarkets for a decent return. Yup, the homeless were kicking about with all sorts to collect them. Very friendly as well, would actually ask if you were finished with a can etc and take it from you if so, and if you said no they would nod and move on. A lot of us were just leaving things beside the bins to make their life easier. The way their streets are cleaned in early mornings is incredible as well - Dusseldorf looked like a war zone the first night the English were there (not trouble wise), came into the city the next morning and was completely cleared. Reply
30. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 10:14 Well guess what countries are launching a DRS scheme, including glass?🤔🤬🤬🤬 Reply
31. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 16:18 Company given permission to sue the Scottish Government for its failure!🤔 As someone said "All roads lead to Westminster "👍 Reply
32. Author: buffy Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 16:25 It was the uk government who put the stop to it. First they agreed, then sgov tells businesses it’s got the go ahead, then the uk government changes the terms to exclude glass. Surely businesses should sue the uk government? ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply
33. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 16:34 The scheme was a shambles. It only worked if, and I kid you not, enough people didn`t return their containers. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply
34. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 17:48 We had this scheme back in the 50`s you got money back for every bottle returned to the shop I think it was a penny a bottle .. so us guys would scour the town to find as many empty discarded ginger/juice/lemonade bottles we could find .. thruppence got you a lot of sweeties back then We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply
35. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 18:34 I don`t understand why the Westminster scheme doesn`t include glass. What`s the logic behind that? Reply
36. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 28th Jan 2025. 19:36 I would sooner have DRS for glass than plastic. If also want to increase tax on use of plastic bottles to encourage more sustainable packaging. Reply
37. Author: Wotsit Date: Wed 29th Jan 2025. 00:10 Yip, makes sense to exclude glass from the scheme if you want to discourage the use of plastic since it is basically a tax because even though it is easy to claim it back it is often not the person who pays who claims it back. So not only are you discouraging folk from consuming products that harm everyone, but you are also encouraging them to collect up the harmful stuff to make it much easier to properly deal with it. To me it makes no sense to undermine such a good result for everyone, but apparently the people who choose to be in politics are a special breed of sociopath. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply
38. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 29th Jan 2025. 12:28 Wotsit, so is the UK scheme excluding glass then? And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply
39. Author: Wotsit Date: Wed 29th Jan 2025. 16:34 I have no idea TOWK, I was just making a general point about why glass might be excluded from such schemes. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply
40. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 29th Jan 2025. 16:41 I had always thought it was something to do with the logistics of the glass containers being recycled but your reasoning makes absolute sense. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply

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