Truls Haug, managing director of Tomra collection solutions UK and Ireland, says DRS transitions countries to circular economy. Scandinavia, Norway, Canada and Scotland are embracing deposit return ...

The German Pfand system requires consumers to pay deposits (typically €0.08 to €0.25) on most beverage containers — bottles, cans, and various other packaging. Consumers return empty containers to ...

The Can Manufacturers Institute, Glass Packaging Institute and National Association for PET Container Resources have released a joint statement supporting improved deposit program design. The ...

California is looking next door to Oregon for how it can fix its container recycling system, potentially shifting toward one that would put the onus on the bottling industry to design and operate. The ...

Hawaii consumers and businesses could see a 100% spike in the cost to discard beverage containers via curbside recycling, the trash and other means outside of a state redemption program. Senate Bill ...

MINSK, 20 January (BelTA) – Once a deposit-refund system is implemented in Belarus, the percentage of returned containers should reach at least 80%, BelTA learned from Anatoly Shagun, a representative ...

In promoting curbside beverage container recycling as a better option than bottle recycling deposit-return programs (or bottle bills), Brad Lovaas of the Washington Refuse and Recycling Association ...

Environmental groups, community organisations and recycling industry leaders are calling on state and territory governments to increase refund amounts from 10c to 20c in a bid to boost recycling rates ...

ALBANY — Nearly three-quarters of New Yorkers residents would like to to see the state's recycling program expanded to include more types of beverage containers and the increase of the per-container ...

Slightly over a week after the beverage container return scheme (BCRS) kicked in, the scheme's licensed operator said it has received feedback that some members of public are unable to return their ...

A new national campaign is urging governments to double Australia’s container deposit refund amount, claiming the current 10 cent incentive is failing to keep billions of bottles and cans out of ...