Throughout the recycling of Swedish beverage packaging

2, recycling and processing

The more common beverage products on the Swedish market are 0.25 to 3 litre packs. Since the individual and weight differences of beverage plastic bottles are relatively large, special recyclers automatically use different rates according to the registered bar code information on empty plastic bottles. Each 1 litre plastic bottle of 1 kilogram, each 1 litre or more, 3 kilogram plastic bottles of 2 kilograms, and 4 kilograms of plastic bottles for each refillable bottle) will immediately return value certificates to consumers.
The beverage seller is responsible for collecting all empty plastic bottles that have been recycled (at this time special attention was given to rejecting non-beverage packages of other materials) and transporting them to the processing area of ​​Norrköping City with special containers, washed, sorted, crushed and packaged. After giving it to the beverage manufacturer for registration,

RETURPACK company based on this registration to return the deposit paid by the beverage seller to the consumer and processing costs. After that, the packages are sent to the raw material processing plant. According to the nature of the plastic bottles, they are respectively crushed into two types of raw materials, and then the raw materials that can be used to reconstruct the plastic bottles for beverages are made into test-tube-shaped billets (both inner and outer layers of the billets are covered. A layer of new polyethylene material) is then blown into a beverage plastic bottle by the machine to supply the beverage product manufacturer with the beverage. For those raw materials that cannot be reused to make plastic bottles for beverages, they will be sold to chemical fiber factories for the manufacture of chemical fiber velvet for the production of fleece, interior decoration materials for automobiles, or fillers for bedding.

3. Enterprises involved and their responsibilities

Polyplastics Bottle Co., Ltd. under RETURPACK Co., Ltd. is responsible for the recycling of polyethylene beverage plastic bottles. For example, plastic bottle-packed beverage manufacturers and importers of 1:3 will receive basic deposits, plastic bottles that will be processed and packed. The packaging materials are sold to plastic bottle processing plants or chemical fiber plants, the relevant margin and processing fees or accounts are paid or allocated to retailers and plastic bottled beverage manufacturers, the operation management and financial arrangements of the plastic bottles business of the processing plants, and the weekly Five sent people to each collection point to check the amount of beverage plastic bottle recycling machine records, re-enter the bar code information that is still valid for registration, and enter the newly registered bar code information to the recycling machine.

All Swedish beverage producers and beverage importers must participate in this recycling mechanism. In addition to being responsible for providing bar code information and registering with RETURPACK, as well as for providing processing funds for recycled empty beverage plastic bottles, they are also required by RETURPACK A special guarantee applied by the Swedish Agricultural Authority to ensure that the deposit is returned to consumers.

As the margin system for beverage plastic bottle recycling was established relatively late, the Swedish Agricultural Authority is also involved in part of the supervision work, that is, it is responsible for issuing special licenses to manufacturers or importers of plastic bottled beverages, and will receive an administrative fee of 10,000 kroons per year. If the expenditure of the fund exceeds half during the middle of the year, the related company will need to renew the management fee of 5 kilograms so that the process of obtaining the deposit by the consumers in a timely manner will not be affected.

III. Other enterprises and situations related to the operation of recycling mechanism

In accordance with Swedish environmental protection laws and regulations and due to sales interests, more and more Swedish food stores, especially large chain stores, have invested in setting up facilities and facilities for consumers to place empty cans and empty beverage plastic bottles, such as at shopping mall entrances. The dedicated recycling rooms (some of which are also equipped with other types of packaging materials that do not participate in the recycling mechanism, such as cartons, shopping bags, glass beer bottles, and soda bottles, will all be sold to related production sites. Enterprises or wholesalers. In addition, special recycling machines also receive aluminum empty cans registered with non-recovery mechanisms, but no deposit refund) to attract consumers to come here for shopping. Although the law does not require sellers to participate in the recycling mechanism, their participation has been considered by the public as one of the corporate signs of good reputation and environmental awareness. Therefore, even if a small number of large-scale food retailers do not participate in the recycling mechanism of RETURPACK, they also use their own independent methods to recycle used packaging. At present, there are 5,500 retail stores in Sweden participating in the recycling mechanism. Most of them have signed a direct payment agreement DC (Direct Crediting) with RETURPACK, which means that RETURPACK provides return costs and related costs for empty cans and beverage plastic bottles recovered from retail stores. The guarantee of processing costs is paid for approximately 750 million kroons per year.

In addition, retail outlets with a large number of recycled empty cans or beverage plastic bottles (especially those that directly purchase products from the production plants) register customers at the relevant product manufacturers, that is, these manufacturers only receive registered retail outlets. Empty cans or plastic bottles sent for easy recycling. For those retailers with a small quantity of recycling, registration can be done at a large retail store that has been registered with customers nearby, which can also facilitate the recycling process.

There are two main manufacturing suppliers for Swedish recycling machines. They are responsible for manufacturing, supplying and repairing special recycling machines to retailers, and submitting records such as the quantity and payment status of recyclables to RETURPACK companies every week. This record is RETRRPACK. One of the basic basis for making related financial arrangements.

Fourth, propaganda

Another important reason for the successful operation of the Swedish recycling mechanism is that RETURPACK has always attached great importance to the promotion of environmental protection, recycling and reuse. The main methods are:

1. Establish cooperative relationships with all relevant social groups and institutions, including all types of sports associations, associations for promoting outdoor activities, and ski schools in the mountains.

2. Organize or organize large-scale publicity activities in cooperation with other article collection agencies.

3. The key groups for publicity are teachers, students, children, youth and adults (18-44 years old) and consumers.

4. Produce series of movies and TV commercials and advertisements, such as the production of funny, cartoon music advertisements with high audience ratings.

5. All promotional materials can be viewed and downloaded online.

6. Provide free publications, advertising logos and pictures to all partners.

7. Each year, 2 million kroons are donated to the “Keep the Swedish Clean Foundation”.
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