Consumers will have to adjust to changes from autumn onwards.
There is a change in some retail products.
Germany - There will be a change for customers of the food retail trade in Germany from autumn.
Until now, no deposit had to be paid for many fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, cider or mixed drinks with alcohol in supermarkets.
From January 1, 2022, a nationwide regulation is to change that.
In all branches of Lidl, Rewe, Penny, Edeka, Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord, the regulations of the deposit system will be expanded in the future: According to the Federal Environment Ministry, fruit and vegetable juices or smoothies as well as cider and alcoholic mixed drinks will be in the supermarket from the beginning of 2022 affected by the deposit rule.
Previously, two juice manufacturers had already requested a change.
Deposit at Aldi, Lidl, Rewe and Co. in future also on juices and mixed drinks containing alcohol
In future, a deposit will also be required for these products when paying at the checkout. Some vendors have begun to change before the nationwide settlement in January 2022: the smoothie and juice brand Innocent 25 cents pledge will require all of its products as early as mid-October, as the Edeka Group online magazine
Chip.de
announced. Hohes C plans to join the new system with its products as early as September. The juice manufacturers Granini-Eckes and Frucht-Tiger recently switched to the new system for all products that can be purchased in retail outlets.
In the future, deposit bottles, the drinks newly integrated into the deposit system, can also be regularly returned to food retailers' deposit machines.
The buyers then get the 25 cents back as usual.
Aldi, Lidl & Co .: In future, customers will also have to pay a deposit for juice bottles
The aim of the change is to take action against the large amount of plastic used in retail.
In the future, it will no longer be the content of a pack but the packaging material that will determine the disposal process.
A deposit system for milk and coffee products is also currently being discussed.
However, since there are greater hygiene risks here, there are still disagreements in the discussions about an appropriate return option.
The German deposit system has existed since 2003. The return of used plastic bottles has resulted in significantly less rubbish on streets and squares since it was introduced, as has the Federal Office for Civic Education
confirmed in its balance sheet report.
The ban on single-use plastic products * as a measure against plastic pollution has been in effect nationwide since July of this year.
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