Trade Network "Maxima" provides more convenience for customers returning containers. After adding the drink packages marked with the deposit sign to the Maximos cash registers, the receipt received from now on can be cashed in any Maximos store.
"The beverage packaging deposit system has existed in Lithuania for five years, and the Maxima trade network has supported it since its inception. Our employees maintain and take care of the taromats every day, so that residents do not have any problems when returning glass, plastic, metal packages. From now on, it will be even more convenient for our customers - they will be able to receive the receipts received at our counters for returned packages in cash or simply use them for shopping at any Maxima store," says Ernesta Dapkienė, director of the communication and image department of the Maxima retail chain.
For example, after a vacation in Palanga, citizens of Kaunas who are ready to go home can return the deposit packages to the ATMs of Maxima stores located on the seashore, and collect the money for the deposit at the Maxima stores in their city. Until now, receipts issued by taromat could only be cashed in the same store where the packages were returned.
E. Dapkienė hopes that this decision will provide customers with more convenience, and the results of deposit packaging collection in Lithuania will be even better. In total, Maxima takes care of 228 taromats. During the year, they help to collect approximately 10 thousand. tons of packaging waste.
According to the data of Užstato systemos administratorius (USAD), during the first four months of this year, 183 million were returned in Lithuania. beverage packages, and during the whole year 2020 – as much as 612,7 million packaging. Thus, through the deposit system, buyers recovered more than 61 million euros last year alone and actively contributed to ensure that used packaging is not in waste containers, but at recyclers.
USAD calculates that 9 out of 10 residents in Lithuania use the deposit system for disposable packaging. According to surveys, about half of Lithuanian residents who use the deposit system deliver plastic, glass bottles and cans to the taromat once a week or several times a month. 3 out of 4 residents use the money received for returned containers for current shopping. According to the USAD survey, the amount recovered for packages usually does not exceed 6 euros per month. In total, approximately 3 thousand are operating in the country. container collection points, where a deposit of EUR 0,1 can be recovered for one package.
