Failure Case Study: The Netherlands' Deposit Return Scheme
Summary
This report explores the reasons behind the difficulties faced by the Netherlands' DRS in 2023.
Poor organization, a lack of collection infrastructure, and water-down regulation have resulted in The Netherlands rethinking how to approach their DRS.
Scope
The DRS' failure was down to inadequate collection infrastructure (in both quantity and quality), weak regulations, and poor organizational execution.
Technical issues and operational problems crippled the system's ability to collect the containers it was designed to.
New measures are being implemented to fix the problems exposed in 2023.
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