Plastic bottles and metal cans

New rules form 1 January 2006
The most important aspects of the new rules are the following:

* The rules comprise plastic bottles and metal cans containing ready-to-drink beverages. This means, among other things, that cans that have been imported into Sweden shall also be comprised by an approved recovery system.

* It shall be evident from the cans and bottles which recovery system they belong to, and how much money is paid upon their return.

* The Board of Agriculture will inform the general public via this web site about the approved recovery systems.

* Plastic bottles and metal cans may not be sold unless they are comprised by an approved recovery system.

* Each recovery system shall pay an annual fee of SEK 10 000 to the Board of Agriculture. In addition, the recovery systems shall pay an annual fee of SEK 10 000 for each participant to the Board of Agriculture.

* Environmental sanction fees are introduced. This means that anyone who sells or in any other way transfers ready-to-drink beverages in plastic bottles or metal cans, and who is not a member of an approved recovery system and whose products do not bear information about which recovery system they belong to, may have to pay a fee of no more than SEK 50 000.

* The Board of Agriculture and the municipalities are responsible for monitoring the system.

Have a look at the Link to SFS 2005:220 Ordinance on deposit-and-return system for plastic bottles and metal cans. This can be a model for a Measure from the Senedd.

Swedish Code of Statutes SFS 2005:220

Published 26 April 2005

Ordinance on deposit-and-return system for plastic bottles and metal cans;
promulgated 14 April 2005

The Government of Sweden hereby enacts1 the following

Definitions
Section 1
The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Ordinance:
plastic bottle: container made primarily of polymer materials, and metal can: container made of metal.

Requirement on approved deposit-return system
Section 2
Anyone who commercially packages ready-to-drink beverages in plastic bottles or metal cans or commercially imports to Sweden ready-to-drink beverages in plastic bottles or metal cans shall ensure that the bottle or can is included in an approved deposit-and-return system.........

The Swedes do not put plastic boxes full of empty beer cans out on the pavement. The British system we are using in Wales for recycling is not fit for purpose, better to design our own.