According to MTI, Zsolt Pethő said Hungarians’ acceptance of the system had “exceeded expectations”.
Four of five bottles and cans are returned at present, while the rate for PET bottle returns stands over 90%, he added.
MOL Mohu has around 3,000 DRS machines that are operating at over 95% capacity. Manual returns are available at 1,700 points around the country. Hungarians use the DRS to return 6-7 million bottles and cans a day, on average.
MOL Mohu, a unit of oil and gas company MOL, is plowing HUF 200 billion-250 bln into waste management investments over the next 10 years, Pethő said.
János Áder, the former president of Hungary and the head of the board of trustees of the Blue Planet Foundation, noted that the country was required by European Union rules to boost its recycling rate for municipal waste to 65% within 10 years.
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