The winemakers’ burdens may increase due to the new waste management rules

By: Trademagazin Date: 2023. 10. 27. 11:46

According to the National Council of Mountain Communities (HNT), the joint introduction of the deposit return system (drs) and extended producer responsibility (epr) for products with a deposit fee will significantly increase the economic and administrative burdens of the grape and wine industry. achieve an amendment to the regulation.

In the statement sent to MTI, they complained that the epr fee and the drs service fee, which is about to be introduced, would be calculated based on mass-based fee items, which is 4.7-5.7 times more for glass than for plastic bottles. Due to the difference, it is expected that some of the wineries will switch to plastic, even though glass is the most environmentally friendly form of packaging, it is the easiest to clean and disinfect, and it can be reused endlessly in the same form – they pointed out.
Plastic (PET, polyethylene terephthalate) bottles cannot be recycled into drink packaging, the new waste management regulations do not take this into account either, they added.