To accelerate the transition to a circular economy

The Dutch government is working with public authorities, knowledge institutions, environmental organizations, industry representatives, trade unions, financial institutions, and civil society organizations to explore smarter and more efficient approaches to raw material utilization. The ultimate objective is to achieve a fully circular Dutch economy by 2050, with a target of reducing the consumption of primary raw materials by 50% by 2030.

They?have established three key objectives:

• Ensure production processes use raw materials more efficiently so that fewer are needed.
• When new raw materials are needed, use sustainably produced renewable (inexhaustible) and widely available raw materials, like biomass – raw material made of plants, trees, and food waste. This will make the Netherlands less dependent on fossil fuel resources, and it is better for the environment.
• Develop new production methods and design new products to be circular.??

What happens after we returned the empty cans to the reseller??

The full recovery process from the point of waste-creation to eventual re-use as part of a new product, is just as important as the production process from manufacturing to delivering those items to sellers in the first place. Especially when consuming of those beverages only keep rising, the need to recycle that which has been discarded is growing as well.?

A deposit system appears to be the proper means to achieve preventing people from disposing of waste in the environment but also to encourage producers to take environmental considerations into account during the design and manufacturing process of product development.?

Raymond Gianotten of Statiegeld Nederland, which runs the deposit return scheme, expects around 2.5 billion cans a year to be handed in, raising the total amount paid in deposits to €700 million.

COTIT can make good policy decisions possible that will be beneficial to society, the economy, and the environment.

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