We know the deposit rates for bottles and cans - check the current rates

In the Polish deposit system, the amount of the deposit will depend on the type of packaging. According to the latest regulation, from 2025. deposit rates for bottles and cans will be as follows:

• disposable plastic bottles up to 3 l - PLN 0.50,
• metal cans up to 1 l - PLN 0.50,
• reusable glass bottles up to 1.5 litres - PLN 1.00.

The regulation was issued on the basis of the delegation contained in Article 40m(2) of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Management Act (OJ. 2013 item 888). According to its provisions, the amount of the deposit should provide an incentive to return packaging and packaging waste by consumers, while being set at a socially acceptable level. The maximum amount of the deposit specified in the law can be PLN 2. Therefore, the Ministry should monitor the situation in the first months and years of the bail system and react on an ongoing basis by updating the amount of the deposit.

The referenced regulation comes into force 14 days after promulgation and will become effective in the last days of July 2024.

Let us recall that the first draft of the regulation assumed the adoption of a uniform rate of PLN 0.50 for all packages covered by the deposit scheme. However, it was met with numerous objections from bottlers and representatives of the waste industry, who pointed out that the proposed deposit rate for reusable glass bottles is lower than the deposit currently used in private return schemes (£1).

The final determination of deposit amounts for the different types of packaging covered by the deposit system is not the only news in the polish bail systemwhich have been presented to the public in recent weeks.

• The following entered the game another third bail system operator. On 17 July 2024, the Minister of Climate and Environment authorised the Entity representing OK Operator Bailout S.A. to set up a bailout system covering single-use plastic bottles and metal beverage cans.
• About a year the date for the mandatory inclusion of glass bottles in the deposit system has been postponed reusable packaging. Thus, the private collection systems currently in place for such packaging can legally operate until 2026.
• Milk containers have been excluded from the deposit system and other dairy products, which coincides with the demands of the dairy industry. Initially, the deadline for inclusion in the deposit scheme was to be postponed by one year (until 2026), but eventually the Ministry of Climate and Environment dropped the idea altogether.
• Logo of the bail system unveiledwhich will be affixed to all packaging covered by the Polish deposit system.

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