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Member States must ensure that 90 % of single use plastic bottles and metal containers, as specified in Article 50(1), are separately collected by 1 January 2029. To achieve these collection targets, Member States should ensure that they have established a deposit and return system (DRS) for the relevant packaging formats, that is fully operational by 1 January 2029, unless the Member State has asked for an exemption by 1 January 2028 and has received a positive reply or no answer within three months from the receipt of the implementation plan.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.