MOHU noted that more than 3bn beverages in bottles and cans are sold each year. The goal is to boost the recycling rate for that packaging to at least 90% within three years, it added.
The DRS operates at 3,700 locations around the country, including 1,300 where returns are manual. Paper vouchers for in-store purchases with a value of more than HUF 20 bln have been issued in the DRS.
Between 10% and 15% of return refunds are transferred directly to consumers’ bank accounts.
The DRS application has been downloaded more than 1 million times, the report noted.
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