CheersEmpties

Example dashboard

Your bottle-deposit month at a glance

EXAMPLE DATA: made-up shop "Example Stores, High St", November 2027. Not real figures.

Takes empties back by hand. 150 sq m town shop. Sells about 1,500 bottles and cans a week.

In short: This is an example of the planned shop dashboard, with made-up figures: empties logged, the scheme's count against yours, collections, deposit cash, handling fees and grants. Planned prices: the DRS Ready Pack is £29 per shop or £99 multi-site, one-off, and the CheersEmpties Plus plan is about £9/month. Payments aren't switched on yet.

Example month: November 2027

Empties logged this month

3,250

in 26 sealed bags, by-hand fee 3p each source

Scheme's count vs ours

3,020 vs 3,250

230 short (7%). Dispute draft ready. Deadline: 2 working days left Ireland gives shops 3 working days to query; UK rule not published yet Re-turn

Review dispute (example)

Bag collections

1 late: due Tue 9 Nov, not collected (6 bags waiting)

Next due: Tue 16 Nov

Collected by Exchange for Change's regional partner; how often isn't published yet source

Deposit cash (20p each)

Paid out to customers: £650

Owed back to you by the scheme: £650

Deposit 20p per container source. Deposits you charge customers and pay your wholesaler should cancel out.

Handling fees owed

£97.50

3,250 x 3p, pending the scheme's count (£90.60 if their 3,020 stands)

Grant instalments

Not claimed: this shop takes empties back by hand, and the grant is for machines.

£6,000 as 3 x £2,000, starting about 3 months after launch or install, for independents with 3 or fewer shops (rural under 200 sq m or urban 100-199 sq m) E4C

Exemption renewal

Your 2nd shop (Mill Lane, village, 90 sq m): exemption approved 1 Jul 2027.

Renew by 30 Jun 2030 (every 36 months in England and NI) source

Staff training

3 of 4

Sam hasn't done it yet. Last quiz score: 6/6 (Priya)

Coming up

  • Tobacco and vape retail licence (England): start date and fee not set yet law
  • Handling fees are reviewed every year source
  • Wales: glass in its scheme with a 0p deposit until 30 Sep 2031 source

Plans (proposed prices, not on sale yet)

Basic

Price to be set
  • Key dates: collections, grant, exemption renewal
  • Rule-change alerts
  • Training status

Plus

£9/month
  • Everything in Basic
  • Logbook: scan every empty, bag by bag
  • Scheme count vs ours, with dispute drafts
  • Deposit cash tracker
  • Staff training course included

Pro (3+ shops)

Price to be set
  • Everything in Plus, for each shop
  • One view of all shops
  • Export for accountant or wholesaler

DRS Ready Pack (manager pack, board pack, staff sheet and team briefing): £29 per shop, or £99 multi-site, one-off. Also planned separately: early-bird exemption pack price to be set and training (£19 one-off).

What others charge abroad

  • Germany: claim and payment services for shops (Interzero, Grüner Punkt) don't publish prices. Interzero, Grüner Punkt
  • Romania: GS1's by-hand returns app has a free basic barcode check; the full version's price isn't published. GS1 Romania
  • UK: Recyclever charges £40/month per machine for its screen-management portal (a related software price). Recyclever. Trovr offers a monthly "as a service" plan, rate not published. Better Retailing