[08:49] 45% of containers returned to deposit scheme up to August

Consumers returned fewer than one in every two drink containers placed on the market with the Re-turn logo between February and the end of August to the Deposit Return Scheme, according to new figures.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1026/1477541-deposit-return-scheme/

#fewerthanone #two #betweenFebruary #theendofAugust #theDepositReturnScheme

For #JanuaryInJapan I'm reading Yu Miri's The End Of August (tr. Morgan Giles). Looking at the size of it, it will last me well past the end of January 😹 (but not August, hopefully).

I loved Tokyo Ueno Station, so have high hopes for this, a generation-spanning exploration of nationhood, family, and what it is to be Korean in Japan (Yu Miri herself is of Korean descent). And I believe marathon running figures prominently, so that's another plus. 😊

#JapaneseLiterature #YuMiri #TheEndOfAugust #MorganGiles #ReadingWithCats