🏆 Austria’s first year of #DepositReturnSystem delivers: 81.5% return rate with 1.4 billion containers successfully brought back into the loop.

The takeaway? A #DRS operator that is

1️⃣industry-led and
2️⃣structured as a nonprofit

makes all the difference.

🔗 www.recycling-pfand.at/downloads/ew...

How a #DepositReturnSystem works in 5 seconds:

1⃣ Buy your drink
2⃣ Pay the product price + a deposit
3⃣ Enjoy your drink
4⃣ Return the empty container
5⃣ Get your deposit back

⬇️

Our Head of Sustainability visited Re-turn (Ireland) to see a top-performing #DRS:

♻️ 90%+ returns in <18 months
♻️ Quality recyclate & cleaner communities

Success factors: retailers onboard, easy returns, community trust & local context.

#CircularEconomy #DepositReturnSystem #Recycling

Setting up a well-designed and efficient #DepositReturnSystem (#DRS) for single-use beverage containers is no simple task, as UNESDA explained at last week’s DRS event in Madrid, organised by NGOs @reloop.bsky.social, @retorna.org and @zerowasteeurope.eu.

Heard that Spain will introduce a #DepositReturnSystem (#DRS) next year to boost the collection of single-use beverage containers for #recycling?

You heard it right! That’s what is being discussed now at the DRS event in Madrid, hosted by NGOs @reloop.bsky.social @retorna.org & @zerowasteeurope.eu

Great to see Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment sharing info on the upcoming deposit return system — now also in English! ♻️🌍 Important step for transparency & circular economy.
👉 www.gov.pl/web/climate/...
#DepositReturnSystem
#CircularEconomy

Einweg-Pfandsystem in Österreich: Millionen Verpackungen schon retourniert Seit dem Start des Einwegpfandsystems in Österreich seit Jahresbeginn wurden bereits 36 Millionen Getränkeverpackungen erfolgreich retourniert.

Looking for some good news this Friday?

Here we go: In just a few months since its launch in January, Austria’s #DepositReturnSystem (#DRS) has collected 36 million beverage containers for #recycling. ♻️👏

🔎 More info here ⤵️
www.vienna.at/einweg-pfand...

As Greece gears up to launch its #DepositReturnSystem (DRS) by the end of the year to boost beverage container collection for #recycling, our DG, Nicholas Hodac, is in Athens sharing valuable insights on the European #SoftDrinks sector’s journey towards #circularity of #BeveragePackaging.

Deposit and Return Systems (DRS) in Europe - UNESDA WHAT ARE DRS? Deposit and Return Systems (DRS) encourage consumers to return empty beverage containers to designated collection points and be reimbursed for the deposit fee initially paid at the time ...

With the new year comes the launch of Austria’s #DepositReturnSystem (#DRS)! 👏

✅ Austria has become the 17th European country to implement a DRS to boost the collection of plastic beverage bottles and aluminium #cans for #recycling.