Controversy over Deposits on Cans and Bottles: Money Not Returned to Consumers

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The amount of deposits unclaimed by consumers in recent years has risen to hundreds of millions of euros. The amount of the return bonus proposed by the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) to entice consumers to visit return machines more often is unknown. The organization responsible for recycling on behalf of the industry reports that 139 million euros in deposits were unclaimed by consumers last year.