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Re-turn are pleased to share the Retailer Toolkit Brand assets and RVM Brand Assets with all Retailers preparing for go live of the Deposit Return Scheme on 1 February 2024. Retailers are advised to review the Retailer Toolkit Brand Guidelines which offer guidance on how these brand assets may be used.

The Re-turn team have created a Hospitality Summary Information Guide to assist those involved in HORECA, Food to Go and the Online Food Industry to prepare for go live of the Deposit Return Scheme on 1 February 2024.
If your business sells or otherwise supplies in scope products to a final consumer, you are defined as a ‘Retailer’ and are legally obliged to register with Re-turn.
The Hospitality Summary Information Guide provides details on:
    • Hospitality industry legal obligations
    • Take Back Exemptions criteria - HORECA, 'Food to Go' and online
    • Deposit Charging Exemptions
    • Transition Period framework
The Hospitality Summary Information Guide may be accessed here.

‘Retailers’ are defined in the Separate Collection (Deposit Return Scheme) Regulations 2021 as any person who for the purpose of… Continue reading Take Back Exemptions

In preparation for go live on 1 February, 2024, Re-turn is pleased to announce that we will host a Retailer Roadshow at 11 locations nationwide.

It is essential that all in scope drinks containers meet the Technical & Labelling specifications as laid out in the Re-turn Technical & Labelling Specifications manual.

The Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy, Ossian Smyth, today launched Ireland’s national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).

‘Retailers’ are defined in the Separate Collection (Deposit Return Scheme) Regulations 2021 as any person who for the purpose of… Continue reading Take Back Exemptions