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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104582| Title: | Seven lessons from the BCRS |
| Authors: | Briguglio, Marie |
| Keywords: | Plastic bottles -- Malta Environmental health -- Malta Recycling (Waste, etc.) Environmental protection |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Limited |
| Citation: | Briguglio, M. (2022, December 14). Seven lessons from the BCRS. Times of Malta, https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/seven-lessons-bcrs-marie-briguglio.1001257 |
| Abstract: | Deposit-refund schemes are among the best ways to apply the polluter pays principle. Consumers pay a tax on purchase (for the potential pollution cost) but they get a full rebate if they dispose of it properly, without polluting. Malta’s newly-minted beverage container refund scheme (BCRS) operates on this principle. When a consumer purchases a container, they pay a 10c deposit. If they return it, they receive a 10c refund. Notably, the scheme is privately operated and the deposit is collected and retained by the scheme (not by the state) if consumers fail to return the container. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104582 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMAEco |
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