1 in 7 Deposit Return Scheme machines in Ireland out-of-order, environmental group calls for improvement.

Minister Ossian Smyth admits Deposit Return Scheme machines' out-of-order rate is not good enough, with one in seven machines not working at any given time. Re-turn, the scheme operator, reports an 86% uptime for the 2,300 machines around the country. The environmental group that campaigned for the bottle and can recycling initiative calls for improved functionality to avoid public dissatisfaction.