“Deposit packaging operator” has concluded agreements with most retail chains / Article

Miks Dūrītis, the representative of the system implementers: The conclusion of contracts follows the project planCynthia Ambote00:00 / 00:38

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Miks Dūrītis, the representative of the system implementers, estimates that the conclusion of contracts is proceeding according to the project plan and the system will be implemented in February next year.

“We have completed the first stage, and I would say that most of the Latvian retail chains have used the offer to order a guaranteed machine – to guarantee the installation of the machine until the beginning of the deposit system. If we estimate from the expected amount of the deposit, they are about 80%. The next step will be the conclusion of manual acceptance point agreements at the end of the month, in the beginning of September. Of course, these are points that are in such remote areas, outside small towns, county centers, ”explained Dūrītis.

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In October 2020 approved by the government the rules of the beverage packaging deposit system. The deposit system in Latvia will start operating in February 2022. Knownthat the goods included in the packaging deposit system on store shelves will become ten cents more expensive, because this is exactly how it will be possible to recover by handing over the emptied bottle or can.

Competed in the competition of the beverage packaging deposit system operator two applicants: SIA “Depozīta packaging product operator”, which belongs to the largest beverage producers, and the company “Nulles depozīts”, where the owners in turn have representatives of the waste business.

State Environmental Service in the tender decided to entrust the beverage packaging deposit system to SIA “Depozīta packaging product operator” for a period of seven years.

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