The rates of returned deposit packages in Lithuania are among the best in Europe. Now 9 out of 10 PET plastic and metal packages put on the market are collected.
This week next to "Rimi "Northern Town" stores will be presented with a new generation Tomra R1 toromat, which can be used to stack up to 100 deposit packages - PET plastic bottles and metal cans - at one go, informs VšĮ "Užstato sistemis administrius".
A "Tomra" survey conducted in Scandinavia shows that most people, after using this taromat, prefer it compared to the T9 model taromat, which is common in Lithuania.
"By the way, this store will also have an older T9 tap machine, so that people can return glass bottles that belong to the deposit system," the report says.
Currently, PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans account for the majority of all returned packaging. According to USAD, last year people in Lithuania returned more than 672 million. units of deposit packages, of which more than 93 percent consisted of PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans. In total, 345,4 million containers reached collection points last year. units of PET plastic packaging and 281,7 million aluminum cans.
