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Czech opinion divided over container deposits?

The Czech government’s decision to follow other Central European countries, including Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, in introducing a deposit scheme on PET beverage bottles and cans is facing opposition from local authorities.

Local authorities fear the plans, announced in October by Czech environment minister Martin Bursik, will see them  lose a large part of their income from the sale of packaging waste to recyclers

The local authorities point to statistics from the Czech waste organisation AOS EKO-KOM, a.s., which show the country is already a European leader in recovery and recycling of plastics waste; last year more than 50% of discarded PET bottles were recycled (?).

“Today, 98% of the population have a chance to recycle, and 70% actually participate,” said Prague-based EKO-KOM’s spokeswoman Sarka Novakova.