Cork council considers deposit return vending machines at recycling centres 

Councillors concerned shoppers would move away from small rural retailers to the big supermarkets which had installed the machines

Local authority needed to play its part in helping to recycle drinks cans and plastic bottles, councillor said. Picture: Denis Minihane

Cork County Council is to examine the possibility of installing deposit return vending machines in its recycling centres in an effort to make money and counter an expected increased flow of business from small rural shops to large retailers.

A majority of councillors backed a motion from their Fianna Fáil colleague councillor Gobnait Moynihan, who said the local authority needed to play its part in helping to recycle drinks cans and plastic bottles.