About Dansk Retursystem A/S 

Dansk Retursystem A/S is a private non-profit organisation that has been granted the exclusive right to operate the Danish deposit and return system through to 2013, as approved by Statutory Order no. 1129 (in Danish only) from the Danish Ministry of the Environment.

In principle, this means that the tasks and functions of Dansk Retursystem A/S are supported and regulated by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the Danish Ministry of the Environment.

The company focuses on two main business areas:

Payment of a handling fee to more than 4,000 grocery stores and support for improving the efficiency of receiving the bottles on the premises.

One-way packaging – collection of cans and non-refillable bottles, which are sent for recycling after collection and counting.

Dansk Retursystem A/S also administrates the refunding of deposits paid for one-way packaging on behalf of the importers, producers and stores.

Underlying principles

Dansk Retursystem A/S is a public service organisation that provides a socially-useful solution to a waste disposal problem. Against this background, the company has drawn up the following four principles that are at the core of what the organisation says and does: