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Country Country System System<br />

Year Year <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> Intro Intro Containers Containers Covered Covered Capture<br />

Capture<br />

Rate*<br />

Rate*<br />

carbonated s<strong>of</strong>t drinks. 28% Wine<br />

20%<br />

Iceland Tax on non-refillable 2008 Non-refillable glass, steel,<br />

containers.<br />

aluminium and plastic.<br />

Kiribati Special Fund Act 2004 2004 Aluminium cans and PET<br />

drinks bottles<br />

Malta<br />

Deposit<br />

Return<br />

System<br />

301<br />

Previous ban <strong>of</strong> non-glass<br />

beverage containers, lifted<br />

Mexico Higher tax on non-refillable<br />

bottles and cans.<br />

Fed. States (Deposit-return) 1991 Currently only aluminium<br />

<strong>of</strong><br />

(amended cans, but glass and plastic<br />

Micronesia<br />

2006) expected to be added<br />

Kosrae<br />

Recycling<br />

Program<br />

soon.<br />

Netherland Agreement deposit 1993 S<strong>of</strong>t drinks and water in<br />

s<br />

one-way and refillable<br />

glass and PET containers<br />

Norway<br />

Deposit on containers and<br />

tax dependent on return<br />

rate.<br />

Refillables only exempt if<br />

95% return rate is<br />

achieved. Retailers (on<br />

site >25m²) selling nonrefillables,<br />

must also sell<br />

similar products in<br />

refillable.<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes<br />

1994 Most drinks excluding milk,<br />

vegetable juices and water<br />

Peru Deposit on some bottles 620ml size beer bottles<br />

Portugal Fillers must ensure quotas<br />

Quotasmet<br />

Beer 80%<br />

Retailers must sell<br />

Wine (with certain<br />

refillables for all non-<br />

exceptions) 65% S<strong>of</strong>t<br />

20,000<br />

cans per<br />

day<br />

Refillable<br />

glass 98%<br />

Refillable<br />

PET 99%<br />

Wine/<br />

spirits 60%<br />

Beer 98%<br />

S<strong>of</strong>t drinks<br />

98%<br />

Deposit Deposit<br />

Redemption<br />

Redemption<br />

Site<br />

Site<br />

$0.05 ($0.04<br />

returned)<br />

Kaoki Mange<br />

operating<br />

centres.<br />

$0.06 ($0.05 back) Kosrae Island<br />

Resource<br />

<strong>Management</strong><br />

Authority<br />

(KIRMA) sites<br />

PET and glass:<br />

$0.16 5l<br />

$0.16 5l (+Tax<br />

inversely proportional<br />

to return rate, but if<br />

above 95%, no tax)<br />

Over 9000<br />

establishments<br />

in the country,<br />

plus 3000<br />

deposit<br />

machines<br />

where receipt is<br />

given<br />

Driver Driver<br />

Reference<br />

Reference<br />

Industry<br />

Tax is<br />

government<br />

driven, but<br />

recycling fee in<br />

place is retailer<br />

driven<br />

www.BottleBill.org<br />

www.BottleBill.org<br />

www.BottleBill.org<br />

www.BottleBill.org

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