We have that cashback system in Germany, each bottle has between 7 to 25 cent surcharge and it works extremely well. And those bottles are basically pure PET, which is extremely recyclable.
And reusable is nearly always better than recyclable
Except this ...
When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. The results are published in a study led by scientists at the University of Gothenburg.
Sure it does work well because I am losing money in case I don't bring it back. I really hope it just stays with the bottles and not implemented for other packaging.
We have that cashback system in Germany, each bottle has between 7 to 25 cent surcharge and it works extremely well. And those bottles are basically pure PET, which is extremely recyclable.
And reusable is nearly always better than recyclable
Except this ...
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-scientists-hundreds-toxic-chemicals-recycled.html
Sure it does work well because I am losing money in case I don't bring it back. I really hope it just stays with the bottles and not implemented for other packaging.