From next week the time has come: all disposable plastic bottles and drinks cans with a capacity between 0.1 liter and 3 liters will have a deposit of 25 cents.
First of all: From January onwards, a deposit will no longer be paid if you return cans or bottles that have already been purchased and for which you have not paid a deposit in 2024!
“We have already had questions about this and I assume that these will not be the last,” says director Bettina Zsabetich. That is why it will also assign an employee to the deposit machine from January 2, when the scheme applies. He has to explain to customers how the deposit rabbit works. Because there is of course no deposit for old cans and bottles. “Like many companies, we still have unregistered goods in stock. The deposited products only go on the shelf once they have been sold. It is expected that it will take until September before there are only deposited goods on the shelves.” So let’s take a good look!
Free bag and folder for customers
Zsabetich’s 13 employees have holiday restrictions for the first 14 days of January, so that there can always be one employee at the deposit machine. “Even if the can or bottle is eligible for a deposit, if it is damaged, the machine will not accept it. The same applies if the label is no longer legible. But we can’t do anything about it. That’s just the system,” Zsabetich explains.
For them, the change means more work. “We need more storage space and of course more rubbish bins. The customer will probably not take home a bottle that is damaged and no longer has a deposit. She will stay with us.” To make the switch as easy as possible for customers, Spar has handy brochures with explanations. For the first three days of the change, customers will also receive a bag in which they can take their deposited goods. “Then you can buy the bag in the store,” says the businesswoman.
Source: Krone
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