New disposable deposit in Austria: This is how the garbage is reduced!

From January 1, 2025, the new disposable deposit system for plastic bottles and metal cans will come into force in Austria, which is one of the country's largest circular economy projects. The aim of the system is to recycle around 2.2 billion bottles and cans every year and to achieve a return rate of 90 percent by 2027, as

The new containers marked with a Pfandlogo will be on the market from January, the associated information campaign "Attention Operation!" on January 9th. This campaign is aimed at informing consumers comprehensively about the deposit system, the return processes and their advantages for the environment. The management of Recycling Pfand Austria, Monika Fiala and Simon Parth is convinced that their broad education can motivate consumers to actively support the new regulations. The majority of the new Pfand packaging should be found in the sales shelves in the course of the first quarter of 2025, so Wienerzirksblatt.at .

background and objective

With the new deposit system, Austria is on the right track to fulfill the EU requirements, which already require a return rate of 90 percent by 2029. Positive survey results show that 82 percent of the Austrian population stand behind the deposit system and seven out of ten respondents believe that it will significantly reduce littering. Recycling Pfand Austria has built up a service -oriented system in the past 1.5 years and preparations for a smooth start have been largely completed. Almost the entire trade network in Austria is already equipped with deposit machines to facilitate the return of the deposit packaging.