Return to Retail Deposit Return Systems | Circular Packaging | TOMRA

Retailers play a crucial role in improving the performance of deposit return systems and increasing the circularity of packaging.



Well-designed deposit return systems for beverage containers can address some of the world’s most polluted packaging items, including:



Plastic beverage bottles

Plastic caps and lids

Glass bottles

Aluminum beverage cans



The world’s seven top-performing deposit return systems have two things in common: a return to retail model and automated technology.



Deposit return schemes (also known as bottle bills) with retailer obligations provide consumers with added convenience by allowing them to return empty containers to retail stores.



In this video, retailers from Norway, Germany, and Lithuania discuss how the return to retail deposit return system is convenient for consumers and retail staff.



Retailers benefit from the reverse vending machine technology that automatically sorts and compacts the beverage containers by material type, so the materials are ready to be collected for recycling or refilling.



To learn even more about deposit return systems, visit our resource hub: circular-economy.tomra.com/resources/drs





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