Submission to Singapore Government Consultation on Beverage Container Return Scheme
A submission towards the government’s final determination on scheme design, eligible containers, targets, and deposit values.
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Consumer polling on container return scheme
Our briefing on consumer research polling regarding the New Zealand Government’s proposal to introduce a beverage container return scheme (CRS).
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Alternative Model for Producer Responsibility Scheme on Plastic Beverage Containers (PPRS)
Submission to the Hong Kong Government regarding the Producer Responsibility Scheme on Plastic Beverage Containers (PPRS), including recommendations on key aspects of the scheme.
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The case for sorting recyclables prior to landfill and incineration
Report providing a clear and compelling case for mandatory mixed waste sorting in the EU.
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Deposit Return Systems Generate Cost Savings for Municipalities
We wanted to learn more about how municipalities are impacted by the implementation of a DRS, and so we set off on a task to compile all of the research done on the subject over the years. What we found was compelling, and sufficiently closes the case that container deposit systems are good—not bad—for municipalities.
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Too many containers are being burned, buried, littered
Article written for Common Wealth Beacon, April 2022, Elizabeth Balkan and Kirstie Pecci.
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Modernizing Bottle Bills: Saving the Environment and the Economy
Article written for B2B News Network, March 2022, Elizabeth Balkan.
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A national beverage container program
Fact sheet on Implementing a national bottle bill and how it would have a significant impact.
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Preventing fraud in Deposit Return Systems
Factsheet providing an overview of how fraud can occur in DRS along with methods to help detect and mitigate it.
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Modernizing New York’s Bottle Bill
Fact sheet on the state of New York’s legislation on Deposit Return Systems and the potential for further reform.