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New South Wales prevents billions of drink containers from entering litter stream through Return and Earn deposit return scheme
Learn how the deposit return scheme in New South Wales transformed recycling habits, doubling beverage container recycling rates and significantly reducing litter across the state.
New South Wales prevents billions of drink containers from entering litter stream through Return and Earn deposit return scheme
Slovakia exceeds return-rate targets for beverage containers as new deposit return scheme marks first anniversary
Slovaks have returned three quarters of a billion beverage containers, with a return rate over 70% — exceeding the goal of 60% set for the first year of the new deposit return scheme.
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Recycling role model Norway achieves 92% return rate
Regarded as the world role model for beverage container recovery and recycling, Norway’s deposit return system is one of the most efficient in the world.
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A guide to closed-loop recycling
A staggering 1.4 trillion cans and bottles are used across the globe every year, but shockingly only 9% are being recycled. 14% are incinerated and an even larger proportion of the world’s plastic bottles and cans are going into our oceans, streets and landfills.
A guide to closed-loop recycling
How deposit return systems reduce carbon emissions
Drinks containers made from recycled materials have a smaller carbon footprint than those made from scratch. By keeping high-quality materials in a recycling loop, deposit return systems work to avoid carbon emissions in a number of ways.
How deposit return systems reduce carbon emissions
Bottle bill states and how they work
Currently, 10 states throughout the U.S. have bottle bills (container deposit return laws) in place. Learn more about how these bottle bill states work, the scope of containers included, and the results they have achieved.
Bottle bill states and how they work
Microplastics in the ocean
What are they, why are there microplastics in the ocean, and what action can we take?
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What happens to a used beverage container when you return it for recycling?
Let's find out in this step-by-step guide.
What happens to a used beverage container when you return it for recycling?
World’s highest-performing DRS, Germany, reaches 98% returns
Germany has the world’s largest and highest-performing deposit return scheme, achieving a record 98% return rate on eligible single-use drink containers, owing to the system’s meaningful deposit value and convenient network of return locations.
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Getting deposit-return ready: What retailers need to know when buying a reverse vending machine
How retailers can prepare for receiving drink containers for recycling in a deposit return scheme
Get in the know on reverse vending machines
Lithuania boosts return rate from 34% to 92% within two years of DRS
LITHUANIA: TOMRA supported in implementing Lithuania's new container deposit system, launched on 1 February 2016 with a tight ramp-up timeframe. The roll-out represented the first time TOMRA worked with a “throughput” model in Europe. Lithuania's program has exceeded expectations, with 91.9% of all beverage containers returned for recycling by the end of 2017. The DRS this year celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Lithuania boosts return rate from 34% to 92% within two years of DRS
Deposit return schemes in Europe: Their impact and future
Discover how deposit return schemes in Europe are driving recycling rates and supporting a circular economy.
Learn more about deposit return trends in Europe
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