Single-Use Deposit System Significantly Increases Number of Recycled Bottles

18,403 tons were kept in the resource cycle, which corresponds to an increase of 14.5 percent compared to the first half of 2024, according to PET to PET. After a slight decline last year, they are now moving to a "new record level," noted the managing directors Christian Strasser and Thomas Billes.

After Introduction of Single-Use Deposit System: PET to PET Plans New Silo and Roofing of Storage Areas

The decisive factor is the new single-use deposit system in Austria and in some European neighboring countries, which ensures more collected PET beverage packaging and higher recyclate quality. Contaminants such as other plastic packaging and incorrect disposals are thus almost excluded.

In the course of the transition to the single-use deposit system, the recycling plant of PET to PET was already adapted and optimized to the expected new quality in the first half of the year, it was stated. A particular focus was on the detection and removal of metallic impurities from beverage cans. In addition, the company's external appearance was modernized. In the second half of the year, another 140 cubic meter silo is to be built and part of the existing storage area is to be roofed.

It remains challenging that "secondary raw materials are still significantly more expensive than primary materials and thus counteract a well-functioning circular economy," said Strasser. Furthermore, PET to PET is increasingly confronted with competition from abroad in Europe, "where it is known that neither environmental standards nor working conditions meet the standards of the European Union," added Billes. "This also leads to a distortion of the market."

(APA/Red)

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