It is the amount that is stated on the packaging that applies, says Katarina Lundell, marketing and communications manager at Returpack/Pantamera.
The deposit is increased from one to two kronor on small pet bottles and cans and from two to three kronor on large pet bottles.
Old packaging will be able to be recycled two years after the last sales date.
A hundred articles
In total, around 11,000 different articles are affected, but only about a hundred of them will have the higher deposit amount from the start.
The increase in deposit on cans is the first in 15 years and on pet bottles it has never been increased before.
Setting the right deposit amount is a balancing act: If the deposit is increased too much, there is a risk that drinks in deposit packaging will have difficulty competing with drinks in other packaging. And if the deposit amount is too low, there is a risk that customers do not think it is worth the trouble to go to the deposit machine.
Today, 87.5 percent of deposit packaging is recycled and the goal of the deposit increase is to reach at least 90 percent.
We have said that we will achieve the 90-goal with margin, says Katarina Lundell.
Downward trend
Among non-profit associations, there is some concern: Will fewer people press the aid button when the deposit is increased?
It can also happen that more money from the deposit system will go to charitable purposes.
There is both a hope and a concern from our side, says Rebecka Elmgren Lindmark, press officer for Vi-skogen.
Vi-skogen received over 5.6 million kronor last year by Coop's customers choosing the aid button in the deposit machines. But for Vi-skogen's part, the trend is downward. This may be due to the fact that more people are turning and twisting coins to make the economy work, believes Rebecka Elmgren Lindmark.
At the same time as we are grateful that so many choose to press the aid button, it is a concern we raise – we are dependent on donations from the public, she says.
