Ireland has just launched a scheme to charge a deposit on bottles and cans which is refunded when consumers return them to recycling machines in supermarkets.
The Irish have set up a non profit making company to manage the scheme, funded by the drinks making firms, which should avoid the financial problems that have dogged the industry in the United States.
Many privately owned American recycling companies are in danger of going out of business because the fee they get from state governments, under the Bottle Bill, has not been increased for years, even though their costs have soared.
Produced and presented by Russell Padmore
(Picture: Reverse vending machines for Ireland’s new deposit return recycling scheme)
What’s holding women back from work in Sri Lanka?
How to solve fashion’s waste problem
Business Daily meets: Konrad Bergstrom
Is the corporate world too close to COP?
Can China stop its love affair with coal?
Asia's air pollution problem
Why is Spain betting on green hydrogen?
Who is Sultan Al-Jaber?
The world's longest subsea power cable
Kimchi: Korean food goes global
How to spot a diamond
Disruption in the diamond sector
Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder
Argentina goes to the polls
Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco
The classic cars going electric
How has war changed the lives of Ukraine’s working women?
Business Daily meets: Silvina Moschini
Last orders for the Irish pub?
Caste bias in corporate America
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Global News Podcast
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
You’re Dead to Me
Elis James and John Robins