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Launch of ‘Return for Change’ campaign; (developed by Irish environmental organisation VOICE) for Deposit Refund Scheme to help combat litter and the loss of valuable recycling materials 

• Ireland needs a  robust  Deposit Refund Scheme to reduce litter and increase recycling levels  
• Deposit Refund Scheme  incentivises  customers  monetarily  to return  containers covered by the Scheme.  
• International evidence shows that  high-performing  Deposit Refund Schemes  can collect  over 90% of nominated materials for recycling  within two years.  
• Irish people generate an estimated 3 billion plastic bottles  and half a billion aluminium cans  each year 
• About  1 billion plastic bottles and 1.6 million aluminium cans  end up in landfills/incinerators or littered in our environment  
• Howth community set to show country how Deposit Refund Scheme works June Bank Holiday Weekend 

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