1.5 million euros in donations collected so far / Eight airports in Germany participating

Great interim result after five years of “Donate your deposit”: at eight participating German airports, six million containers have so far been collected, and exchanged for 1.5 million euros in deposits. All of this money has been channelled into social projects. “This is a huge success not only for the people who benefit from this money, but also for the natural environment,” says a gratified Michael Wiener, CEO of Der Grüne Punkt. “Since it also means that six million bottles and cans have been recycled that would otherwise have probably ended up as waste.”

As almost everybody knows: at the security checks in airports, it’s the end of the road for beverage bottles. Most of them end up as waste. At eight German airports, though, passengers accordingly find for their empty beverage bottles large, transparent collection containers from “Donate your deposit”.

Most of the people who empty, clean and handle the containers are former long-time unemployed. They also sort the bottles into returnables and non-returnables, and pack them in special sacks. Der Grüne Punkt looks after everything else: i.e. collecting the sacks, organising the deposits, and recycling bottles and cans. Currently, 24 jobs can thus be created for deposit officers.

More about the project under www.spendedeinpfand.de

About the Der Grüne Punkt Group: 
The companies of Der Grüne Punkt are service providers for extended producer responsibility, leading suppliers of secondary raw materials for plastics, and premium producers of plastic recyclates, and as such positioned as the premier solution providers for the needs of the closed-cycle economy. Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD) is the market leader of the dual systems in Germany, and stands for intelligent take-back systems, plus the development and marketing of innovative recyclates and services. Systec Plastics, at its facilities in Eisfeld and Hörstel, produces premium-quality recyclates under the Systalen brand name for the international market. The companies are grouped together in DSD – Duales System Holding GmbH & Co. KG.