Bottling it? - Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme
You know, when I started blogging, I imagined writing about the latest gadgets, visits to some of the most remarkable places on this planet, or profound insights gained from an interesting life. And yet, here I am, thirteen years later, writing about bottles. Yeah… Anyway, questionable life choices aside, the topic at hand actually makes quite a lot of sense. No, really, hear me out before you call the men with the straitjackets. You see, when I first moved to Ireland, all the way back in 2012, one of the more jarring differences that I noticed between Ireland and Germany was the cavalier manner in which the locals here in Cork discarded bottles and cans all over the place. Back in Germany, I’d long since gotten used to the local Pfand return system for bottles and cans. I never really understood why such a system wasn’t in place here in Ireland. After all, it worked in Germany, and while it hadn’t eliminated the issue of bottle littering, it had certainly reduced it. Well, it has take