Deposit systems cut beverage container litter by 50% or more while reducing clean-up costs for taxpayers. Samantha Milette and Clarissa Morawski explore the latest evidence and what it means for U.S. states.
Beverage, retail and recycling companies, community groups and local government in New Zealand are among those calling for a Container Deposit Scheme.
In this special episode of the Reloop Brief, we listen in on the Reloop Unpacks conference held in Brussels in June 2025. Clarissa Morawski moderates a fast-moving panel on how digital and AI tools are reshaping the way we track, sort, and return materials in a circular economy.
In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Barry Snedden checks in with Joe Papineschi, Chairperson of Eunomia Research & Consulting, for an INC-5.2 debrief.
Marian Ledesma from Greenpeace Philippines joins the Reloop Brief to explain how sachets became the default in the Global South, why they’re almost impossible to recycle.
Ahead of INC-5.2, we take a closer look at primary plastic polymer fee with Hugo Schally, retired European Commission official and Oliver Boachie, former special advisor to Ghana’s Ministry of Environment and lead negotiator for the African group.
We mark ten years of progress at our Reloop Unpacks conference, a milestone that celebrated not just where we’ve come from, but where we’re headed.
Reloop’s Director of Circular Economy Development, Anna Larsson, sheds light on why there has been a decline in the reusable beverage containers, and what can be done to reverse it.
As geopolitical battles are fought for resources, deposit return systems could unlock the financial and environmental benefits of a circular economy.