Single-use deposit system
The single-use deposit system in Austria is starting on 1.1.2025
The legal single-use deposit also applies to products in café+co vending machines.
Our vending machines will therefore be progressively converted to deposit-paid products from week 8 2025.
Which products will have a deposit on them?
From 1 January 2025, all sealed PET bottles and metal cans with a filling quantity of 0.1 to 3 litres will be subject to a deposit.
How do I recognise single-use deposit products?
All drinks containers subject to the single-use deposit are visibly identified with the deposit logo.
How much is the deposit?
A deposit of 25 cents is levied on each container at point of sale.
Where can I return single-use deposit containers?
Single-use deposit containers are collected at all sales outlets at which they are sold. Drinks and snack vending machines are excluded from the take-back scheme. This means that café+co is exempt from taking back packaging with a deposit.
What needs to be the condition of the bottle or can for the deposit reimbursed?
The prerequisite for reimbursement of the deposit is that the container is empty, not crushed and that the label is fully present on the container and legible. This is the only way to identify whether the container is a bottle or can that is managed in the deposit cycle.
Source: EWP Recycling Pfand Österreich