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    RetuRO: Over 3 billion DRS containers returned in the first year after implementation

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit-Return System (DRS), the largest circular economy project in Romania, announces the evolution and results of the system 12 months after implementation. In the first year since the DRS became operational, consumers have returned over 3 billion containers, with the...

    Clean Recycle: Packaging waste recycling targets will increase starting January 2025

    Starting January 1, 2025, Romania's national overall recovery target for packaging waste will increase from 65 percent to 70 percent, while the recycling target will rise from 60 percent to 65 percent, according to official data analyzed by Clean Recycle. The recycling target for paper...
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    RetuRO collected over 3 billion containers in the first year of DRS

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit Return System, marks on November 30 one year...

    DN AGRAR opens compost factory following an investment of 1.8 million euros

    DN AGRAR Group, the largest integrated livestock farm in Romania, leader in cow milk...

    Mercedes-Benz opens own recycling factory to close the battery loop

    Mercedes-Benz today opened Europe's first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making...

    DRS sets new record: over 81 percent containers returned in September

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit-Return System, the largest circular economy project in Romania,...

    Environment Minister Fechet: “We have all the ingredients to transform Romania into a truly circular economy”

    “For so many years, our municipal waste system was, and still is, in so...

    Dorin Mihai, TOMRA: “We are focusing to reduce CO2 emissions from operational transport by 80 percent”

    “Sustainability is at the heart of our business model for more than five decades....

    Radu Pascu, RetuRO: “The deposit-return system will become more mature and next year we have a collection target of 80 percent”

    “We can all already see the impact of the deposit-return system, by reducing the...

    Adina Tudor, Coca-Cola HBC Romania: “We are currently in the process of auditing and certifying the PET that we produce in Ploiesti”

    “In recent years, we have taken many steps in the direction of sustainability, an...

    RetuRO expands its infrastructure of regional centers for the collection and processing of DRS packaging with a new facility opened in Prahova County

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit Return System, the largest circular economy project in...

    Gabriel Ivan, CHEP: “We must find ways to decouple the increase in well-being from the increase in consumption of raw materials”

    “Our company was founded to respond to the need to reuse resources. We want...

    Constantin Damov, GreenGroup: “We need to bring new business models to the economy”

    “Our ambition is to have as little environmental impact as possible. But sustainability does...

    State Counselor Mihaela Frasineanu: “We want to launch a platform to collect data on the quantities of repaired and reused electrical equipment”

    “The amendment of Ordinance 5 in Parliament encourages the recycling of electrical and electronic...

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