More selling cans that can are returned – Aftonbladet

Environment. more and more shops selling plastic bottles and metal cans for drink that is not going to return – despite the fact that it is against the law.

Now sharpens the Swedish board of Agriculture control of the stores ‘ packaging.

During the last year were checked over 820 stores around the country. At 15% of the visits were cans and bottles that were not connected to the return system.

– It is more than a doubling compared with the year before, when we still felt that seven percent was a lot. I am amazed at the results. It was nothing we expected and now we will extend the controls properly to 1 200 a visit, ” says Susanne Görsberg at the Swedish board of Agriculture.

Several factors

The stores that sell products outside the system are punished in the rule with environmental penalty charges. Over 100 incorrect “units” means the risk to have to pay 1 000 dollars in extra fee. Maxavgiften is 50 000 sek. The highest miljösanktionsavgiften for a shop in the last year was 20 000 sek.

– we Find a deviation in the same shop within two years to double the fee, so it can be pretty substantially, ” says Susanne Görsberg.

According to the Swedish board of Agriculture are likely several reasons for the sharp increase. One is ignorance of the applicable rules which are statutory in the environmental code, another that it will both new entrants and new products in the market.

Knowingly cheats

– But you can not exclude a part deliberately cheating in order to withhold the system. It may be that purchasing cheaper products and do not have to put on pantkronan and the termination fee to the return system,

– the Risk is that the jars that the consumer does not receive compensation for instead ends up in nature. As a customer, you should be aware that what you are buying is indeed going to return, ” says Susanne Görsberg.

In connection with the large increase in the number of inspection visits in the year will also informationsinsatsen to be increased. Among other things, to the board of Agriculture in getting the municipalities to a greater extent.

– We have a shared supervisory responsibilities and we feel that it is important to get with them in this. The municipalities have the local knowledge that we lack, ” says Susanne Görsberg.

the FACTS

Pantregler

Plastic bottles and metal cans, for example beer, wine, water and soft drinks must be included in an approved return system to be sold in Sweden. The bottles and jars must be labeled with the recycling system, as they are included in and with the pledge given when they are handed back.

the Rules apply to plastic bottles and metal cans with ready to serve content.

with respect to the aluminum takes some stores pantautomater however, even cans without a deposit, because the environmental gain is so great to recycle these.

In the return system is not included drinkable dairy products, drinks, where more than half of the content is the juice or the parts of plants vegetables, fruit or berries.

Drinks in the glass bottle is not affected either by this system, but other rules apply for them.

Some products also have a temporary exemption because returautomaterna of various reasons can not handle the packages.

Source: Swedish board of Agriculture

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January 22, 201708:35