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Man criticises town council workers for participating in BCRS scheme, gets swift backlash

The town council clarified that the containers they were returning were from their own purchases.

Man criticises town council workers for participating in BCRS scheme, gets swift backlash

A man uploaded a video onto TikTok showing two conservancy workers at Marine Parade-Braddell Heights estate returning cans and bottles to a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) machine. He criticized them for taking the cans from waste bins and accused them of earning double salaries, drawing swift backlash from netizens who called him nosy. The town council clarified that the workers were returning beverage containers they had collected themselves, and posted a statement on Facebook to further explain the situation.

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