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The depository system operating in Lithuania for the fifth year successfully implements the principle of circular economy: it collects and recycles more than 92 percent. all collateral packaging placed on the market.
The contribution of traders has a great influence on the success of such a system. Merchants take care of tarot machines and manual container collection points, ensuring their availability and smooth operation, which requires labor, time and other costs.
In accordance with the law, costs incurred by merchants are reimbursed by USAD.
“The new monthly returns records obtained in July and August show that people are still actively supporting the deposit system and not giving up the habit of sorting. In Lithuania, an average of 1.6 million LTL is returned every day. beverage packaging. To maintain the stability and efficiency of the system, we must take into account the macroeconomic evolution and review the compensation rates for sellers annually. The new rates are formed according to the rate calculation model and the methodology developed by the auditors ”, says G. Varnas, director of USAD.
October 30 The USAD board has approved new collection cost reimbursement rates for providers. When establishing the new rates, the amounts of available guarantee packages were evaluated and changes in economic indicators were taken into account: the economic forecasts of the Bank of Lithuania indicate that wages in the country will grow by 6.8% in 2020 and the average annual inflation rate will reach 1.0%.
Due to inflation and rising salaries, compensation for tarot collection increases by 4.9% on average and for manual collection by 6.4%.
Collection cost reimbursement rates for sellers beginning in 2021. January 1:
Reimbursement rates of collection costs for sellers
In total, the population returned to more than 611 million last year. 30 million. more than the previous year. USAD predicts that the number of packages collected this year will remain similar: the operation and results of the deposit system will remain stable.
Currently, residents can return packages participating in the deposit system to almost 3,000. points of sale in Lithuania.
The guarantee system has been operating in Lithuania since 2016. Its activities in the country are run by the non-profit organization Užstato sistemos administratorius, established by Lithuanian beverage producers, importers and sellers. USAD collects 9 out of 10 disposable glass and plastic beverage cans and bottles that are placed on the market each year.
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