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(RANT) Container deposit scheme: an absolute joke!
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Stop buying stuff in bottles or containers.
What an incredibly stupid comment. I'm not exaggerating when I say this is the stupidest comment I've seen all year.
Okay, I'll just go back and live in the 17th century. Cool.
It also applies to cardboard UHT containers, so how the fuck else should I buy milk?
Import it from Canada in bags
Wait really? I didn't know that. I was actually a little surprised that my iced coffee has the 10c sign on it, I thought the fact there'd probably be curdled milk in it would make it difficult to recycle
Yep - as long as it has the 10c deposit printed on it, and the machine can scan the barcode to confirm, they'll accept them.