The future of single-use beverage packaging in Portugal
SDR Portugal's ambition
To create and manage the Deposit Refund System for single-use beverage packaging, positioning itself,as an alternative, complementary, to the existing collection and recycling of packaging system, and more sustainable and efficient.
Retail
An additional deposit fee, fixed and independent of the price of the product, is charged upon purchase of beverage single-use containers
Beverage Industry
Beverage producers and packagers
Consumer-citizen:
The consumer returns the single-use containers to the collection point and receives the deposit paid upon purchase
Recyclers
Those who transform the material collected for recycling and reuse as new packaging to produce new containers
Counting and Sorting Centres
For the counting and preparation of used single-use containers for recycling
Return Points
In retail, traditional stores, hospitality, and other locations
Logistics
From collection points of single-use containers to counting and sorting centres
Retail
An additional deposit fee, fixed and independent of the price of the product, is charged upon purchase of beverage single-use containers
Consumer-citizen:
The consumer returns the single-use containers to the collection point and receives the deposit paid upon purchase
Return Points
In retail, traditional stores, hospitality, and other locations
Logistics
From collection points of single-use containers to counting and sorting centres
Counting and Sorting Centres
For the counting and preparation of used single-use containers for recycling
Recyclers
Those who transform the material collected for recycling and reuse as new packaging to produce new containers
Members
SDR Portugal brings together more than two dozen companies from the beverage industry and retail sector in Portugal. These companies, as part of their corporate sustainability policies and extended producer responsibility, aim to manage the national Deposit Refund System and contribute to achieving the environmental goals to which Portugal is obliged.
An Affordable, Transparent and Trustworthy system
The SDR Portugal system will have a positive impact on the environment and on the national economy.
thousand tons of CO2eq avoided in the production of new packaging
tons of CO2eq avoided by incorporating better quality recycled material in the production of new products
-30/40%
littering
direct and indirect jobs
Stimulating an economic ecosystem in the fields of metallurgy, information technology, data management, security, and reliability systems
100/150M€
to invest in the installation of the entire system
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Deposit Refund Systems in the World
There are more than 100 Deposit Refund Systems around the world.
Portugal is moving forward with the implementation of a more sustainable and efficient collection system for single-use beverage containers, involving the collaboration and engagement of all stakeholders in the value chain. The implementation is scheduled for 2026.