Dear Armchairs, in germany we have a fierce political disput about efficency and environmental effectivity of legal imposition of bottle deposits. The government prefers a refund system and get support of regional breweries. But nationwide softdrink suppliers without a running refund systems resist. A german study claims that refund systems will displace returnable bottles. Furthermore new collection systems cost a lot of money and devaluate existing recycling systems for single-serving bottles. Environmental NGOs and German government wants a refund system because they are convinced of the notion of regionalisation because of minimisation of transport to better the environmental performance of softdrink industry. But regional breweries seem to use this notion to get a state-aided competitive advantage. What do you think about it? Everybody knows literature about that topic?
Greetings, Steffen
