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Portugal begins rollout of DRS for drinks containers

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Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho returns a bottle at a Volta Deposit and Return scheme return point, Lisbon, 4 March 2026 (Sara Matos/MAEN)
Portuguese Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho returns a bottle at a Volta Deposit and Return scheme return point at a demonstration in Lisbon last month.

Portugal launched its nationwide deposit-return scheme (DRS) for single-use beverage containers on 10 April. With the official start of the system, Portugal is becoming the 19th European country to introduce a DRS for single-use bottles and cans. It is also the first continental Southern European country to implement a nationwide system, according to Slovak software company Sensoneo, which supplied the IT platform forming the "digital backbone" of the Portuguese scheme. ...

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