Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The deposit return scheme we opted gone for is in contrast to the one in Germany, for example, where there are two Pfand systems. There is a higher Pfand system and a lower Pfand system. The higher one involves reusable bottles going back into the machine. They are not shredded, turned back into bottles and used again; they are refilled. Our system is purely one of shred bottles and then use a whole bunch of energy to turn them back into bottles. Are we locking in the use of single-use plastics?