Returning bottles/cans !
Hello ! I am a new-ish student to Dublin and have been settling in nicely but I have one question that my friends / colleagues have not been able to really answer or know how to answer, I had been informed of the recycling bottle and can scheme and thought I understood it but it has confused me a bit so they recommended asking you guys instead !
So far I have only returned at local shops (not big shops like Tesco or Supervalu) and I get a receipt with the amount back but they said to put it towards my total when I am buying items?
E.g. I buy bread for 1.50€ and have 0.50€ on the receipt, so I pay 1€ for the bread. I have been collecting the bottles I use after seeing friends do it, instead of just returning one bottle / can, but this doesn’t seem to be the case? I usually pay with card, so could this be a reason why I wouldn’t get physical money back? One of my big issues is my local shop is not somewhere I would shop from too much (just a lot out of my budget, convenience pricing) and getting a receipt back could help but I would rather my money go towards my food shopping weekly or such.
I’m so sorry about this being a long post, I am just a little confused and it seems my friends are a little bit too 😅 any help is very appreciated !