That’s great to hear! Here in Germany we’ve had such a system for a long time already and it works great.
Now that the system is in place, it is likely to take Poles some time to get used to how it works – and get into the habit of saving and returning their bottles and cans.
An opinion poll by the IBRiS agency published last week by the Polish Press Agency (PAP) found that only 47% of Poles say they understand how the system works. A further quarter said they had heard of the idea but were unfamiliar with the details, while over a quarter had not even heard of it.
Since it sounds like it’ll work similar to the German one, think people will adapt really fast. It really is quite intuitive and not much of a hassle. I’m sure there will be a vocal minority saying how in the past everything was better, but the vast majority will just go on with their lives after a short transition period.
From personal experience I can say that I am actually always somewhat irritated to be somewhere that doesn’t have a deposit scheme. Over time throwing bottles away rather than returning them actually becomes a bit weird.
Works very well in Sweden, to the extent that it used to be popular for youth sports club members, pensioners and homeless to scour garbage bins and recycling containers for aluminium cans and PET bottles. Nowadays it’s frequently Roma here on three month stints that do the scouring, but still good nonetheless.
Anyhow, we recycle over 87 percent of plastic and aluminium drinks cans and bottles in Sweden.
Some of the garbage cans in public spaces have a separate compartment for cans, so people don’t have to dig in the main garbage.
Yep. I love the way Uppsala has done, with recycling chutes above garbage bins. I’ve only seen this done on Södermalm in Stockholm, really wish for this to be implemented everywhere. I did send a proposal for a cheap solution above garbage bins in the subway to SL 20 years ago, never did receive a reply.
Old news in Canada. Crazy.
