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Picture by Troop 5-Middlebury CT, www.flickr.com[/caption]VOICE has been advocating the adoption of a container deposit/refund scheme for glass and plastic bottles and aluminium cans for many years. Our Coordinator presented our findings at the Coastwatch's workshop on such a scheme last week. Frank MacDonald of the Irish Times wrote about this proposal. See ArticleCoastwatch also released its survey which found that over 89% of the Irish public support the adoption and implementation of a container deposit/refund scheme to reduce the amount of containers littering our beaches, countryside and roads.