Rauno Raal
Director, Earth Care Consulting, Estonia
BALTICS DRS - ESTONIA, LITHUANIA (LATVIA)BRUSSELS 22.11.2019
ESTONIALITHUANIA
Lithuanian DRS go-live 02/2016
✓ PET/CAN/Glass – oneway and refillables
✓ Flat deposit fee for all 0,10 EUR
Estonian DRS go-live 05/2005
✓ PET/CAN/Glass – oneway and refillables
✓ Flat deposit fee for all 0,10 EUR
ESTONIADRS legislation (initial) adopted 01/2004
System started 05/2005
Investment 2,5 MEUR
Collection infrastructure initial ca 3 MEUR (started
with high manual collection concentration, only 150 RVMs at
start, only 70 compacting)
LATVIADRS legislation adopted 10/2019
System will start 02/2022
LITHUANIADRS legislation adopted 05/2014
System started 02/2016
Investment 5 MEUR (includes 1,5 MEUR working capital)
Collection infrastructure 26 MEUR
INSIDE COLLECTION – big and small shop
OUTSIDE/NEAR SHOP collection options
RETURN TO RETAIL MODEL USED
LITHUANIA
Automated collection points ca 1000
Manul collection points over 1700
Total 2700 collection points
+500 HoReCa/Offices pickup points
Logistics – intensive use of retailer transport
infrastructure, ca 80% of transport related to
backhauling
Collected material (2018)
PET 91,5% (11 600 tons)
CAN 94,0% (3 600 tons)
OWG 82,1% (7 800 tons)
Total 23 000 tons
ESTONIA
Automated collection points ca 500
Manul collection points over 300
Total 850 collection points
+450 HoReCa pickup points
Logistics – ca 8 logistics areas and 11 partners,
producer transport as well as logistics partners
hubs used
Collected material (2018)
PET 85,6% (3 830 tons)
CAN 97,4% (1 630 tons)
OWG 92,2% (7 040 tons)
Total 12 500 tons
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