We already have nationwide infrastructure for RVMs (Reverse Vending Machines, machines that take back packaging, ed. n.) and we can add new types of packaging as long as they do not require major changes to the collection equipment, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests Diana Buzoianu, said on Friday on the sidelines of the launch event for the pilot project 'You win, nature breathes'.
'One of my first questions when I took office at the ministry was how we can expand the Deposit Return System, which is a system that already works. More than 80% of the packaging that is collected ends up being recycled. Part of expanding it also means looking at how we increase the types of packaging that can be collected and recycled through it. I was told then, Let's find some pilot projects' to see exactly how we can grow without damaging a project that already works, to see what the challenges are and to have a plan in front of us when we decide to expand it. Today a project is being launched that is a necessary research pilot and within a few months we will have a report on the main challenges, the solutions for them and then we can immediately launch it nationwide. I am glad we have the first receipt for a milk carton in this case, one of the types of packaging for which I had always been told It can't be done', that milk cartons cannot be used with this RVM,' Buzoianu said.
She added that introducing new types of packaging into the Deposit Return System (SGR) should initially be done without major modifications to the collection machines.
According to Diana Buzoianu, based on the results of the pilot project launched by Tetra Pak, it is expected to be scaled up nationwide.
Buzoianu also announced that in the coming days a methodology related to the RetuRo costs for retailers and producers will be published for consultation, together with the introduction of new types of packaging into the Deposit Return System.
Environment, Waters and Forests Minister Diana Buzoianu participated on Friday in the launch event of the project 'You win, nature breathes', a Tetra Pak pilot project aimed at analysing the feasibility and technical possibilities of collecting and recycling liquid packaging cartons for drinks and dairy products in the context of assessing management options for them in Romania.
The project is implemented through a partnership between Tetra Pak, Mega Image, Maspex, Tomra and Brai Cata.
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