Deposit Return Scheme: Some customers charged for products that were not eligible for refund

Return machines for bottles and cans to be recycled in Lidl on Angiers Street, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The head of the company overseeing the deposit return machines at Irish supermarkets has said some customers have been charged deposits for products that they should not have been.

Re-Turn CEO Ciarán Foley said the deposit return scheme had seen a "solid start" despite teething issues in the early days of the scheme, which started on February 1.