Global Deposit Book
Comprehensive overview of Deposit Return Systems for single-use beverage containers.
Reloop leads an alliance of environmental organisations, experts and the beverage packaging industry to promote best-in-class deposit systems.
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Reloop data dashboards
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Explore the latest EPR developments, including the UK’s ongoing reforms and their impact on circular economy policy.
Clarissa Morawski explains why geopolitical uncertainty and supply chain disruption make a stronger circular economy essential for Europe’s resource security and economic resilience.
New analysis explores how integrating reuse into deposit systems can streamline operations, improve convenience and support better environmental outcomes.
Podcasts
In this episode of The Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar speaks with Rob Kelman, Reloop Pacific Director, about Australia’s 20 Cents Makes Sense campaign and the push to increase container refund values from 10 cents to 20 cents.
Rob explains why refund value matters, how Australia’s container deposit schemes compare with higher-performing systems internationally, and why return rates risk stagnating without stronger incentives. The conversation also explores the broader packaging reform context in Australia, including the links between deposit return, extended producer responsibility, recycled material supply, and economic resilience.
In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden speaks with Ciaran Foley from Re-turn about how Ireland’s deposit system is performing just over two years after launch.
They discuss the strong progress the scheme has made, including overall container collection now exceeding 90% when mixed recycling is included, a sharp drop in litter and the growing role communities are playing in making the system a success.
The conversation also looks ahead to how Ireland can improve convenience, drive more returns through education and continue building support for separate collection over mixed recycling.
From charity donations and community fundraising to digital refund options and questions around unredeemed deposits, they explore both the achievements and the potential for Ireland’s DRS as it continues to evolve.
Single-use coffee cups have become a major contributor to city waste streams. Around 500 billion single-use cups are disposed of globally every year, and cities spend roughly 30–50% of their urban litter budgets managing single-use waste.
In this extended episode of the Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden speaks with Jenni Hume, who joined Zero Waste Europe’s study tour examining reusable cup systems in Copenhagen and Aarhus. The trip brought together around 70 participants, including NGOs, European city officials, industry stakeholders and reuse experts.
The episode also features the audience Q&A recorded after the first screening of a new short film produced by Reloop and the Marine Conservation Society. The film takes a closer look at how the REUSABLE cup system in Aarhus operates alongside Denmark’s deposit return system.
The panel includes Simon Rossau from the REUSABLE system in Aarhus, Stine Ullmann-Poulsenfrom Dansk Retursystem, and Catherine Gemmell-Simpsonfrom the Marine Conservation Society.
To view the three films produced as part of this project, visit reloopplatform.org/films
