Deposit return scheme would have little impact on litter

A deposit return scheme would have little impact on total litter in Ireland — a conclusion supported by litter surveys undertaken in countries which have a deposit return scheme.

I refer to Victoria White’s ‘Government bottles it and so Waste Reduction Bill languishes’ (Irish Examiner, June 21).

The article contained numerous misconceptions relating to the impact a deposit return scheme could have on littering and waste dumping in Ireland.