EUROPEN Publications

03/12/09 Better rules for a better environment: Modern Beverage Container Policy

"Mandatory deposits are a hindrance to environmental and financial efficiency. They belong in the dustbin of history."

This paper covers the following issues:

  • Origin of mandatory deposits
  • Mandatory deposits have failed to protect refillable bottles
  • On other measures too, deposit-bearing containers fail to deliver environmental benefits
  • Mandatory deposits increase pollution
  • Mandatory deposts and litter--no relation
  • Mandatory deposits are expensive and inefficient
  • Mandatory deposits are unfair and confusing
  • Mandatory deposits are incompatible with the European Single Market
  • Mandatory deposits: an idea whose time has gone.

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Better rules for a better environment: Modern Beverage Container Policy

03/12/09

4-page paper outlining EUROPEN's views on why mandatory deposits for non-refillable beverage containers are outdated and counterproductive.