The introduction of deposits on beverage cans is a "gigantic operation" in terms of logistics, said director Hester Klein Lankhorst of packaging garbage fund Afvalfonds Verpakkingen. The fund is responsible for recycling all packaging such as glass and paper, but also for managing deposits. As of April 1, there will be a 15 eurocent deposit on cans, along with the existing deposit on small and large plastic bottles.
According to the researchers, the price of virgin plastics remains too low for recycling to be an economically competitive alternative. Taxes can thus make virgin fossil-based plastics and non-recyclable plastics more expensive and thereby stimulate
Dutch policy focuses too much on technological innovations and loses sight of the bigger picture of a sustainable future when it comes to plastic. That is what Utrecht University researchers found after analysing the transition to a sustainable circu