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What will be the impact of legislative delays on the deposit system? What about the excessive incineration of packaging and what will the future of chemical recycling look like? These topics were addressed in the latest debate "Packaging in the circular economy: from ideals to practice". for The Republic.
The following took part in the deliberations Renata Juszkiewicz, Anna Larsson, Robert Chciuk, Konrad Nowakowski, Jacek Wodzisławski, Andrzej Gantner, Łukasz Sosnowski and on behalf of Interzero Pawel Lesiak, Vice-President of the Management Board. The debate was chaired by Aleksandra Ptak-Iglewska.
The meeting discussed the future of the European packaging market, the effectiveness of recycling in Poland and the topic of reusable packaging.
When discussing the deposit scheme, participants pointed out that, given the PPWR criteria, the inclusion of dairy packaging is not quite a good idea.
"I agree with the call for dairy packaging not to be included in the system. However, this would be tantamount to not fulfilling the collection obligation under the Regulation. There is no good solution here. The EU regulations make it clear that milk product packaging must be included in the system. A compromise solution would be to postpone the entry into force of the deposit obligation for this range. This would allow the first experience of the system in other material ranges to be gathered and better prepared." - said Pawel Lesiak.
The obligation to introduce the system to smaller shops has also become a subject of dispute. Experts noted that small retail chains want to join the scheme, seeing it as a financial benefit and an opportunity to attract customers.
"As Interzero, we run such a system in small shops in Germany. In our western neighbour, these smaller operators, despite the statutory exemption, are keen to join in. This makes good business sense, because if a customer is not able to return bottles in a particular shop, he or she will simply start shopping elsewhere. In Poland, we should think in a similar way, regardless of the discussion about regulation. I am in talks with retail chains, including small shops, and I hear that they are very interested in the system and want to join it," said Paweł Lesiak.
Link to the whole debate HERE