Economic–Environmental Performance of Reverse Logistics of Disposable Beverage Packaging

Marcela Malindzakova, Jana Štofková and Milan Majernik
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Marcela Malindzakova: Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Institute of Logistics and Transport, Technical University of Kosice, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Jana Štofková: Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Communications, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
Milan Majernik: Faculty of Commerce, Research Institute of Trade and Sustainable Business, University of Economics in Bratislava, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide analysis and description of deposit and recycling system of disposable beverage packaging, which started in the Slovak Republic in 2022. The article provides the review of relevant literature with a focus on circular economy and Deposit Refund System (DRS), where analysis of refund systems was performed for this work. The proposed model involving reverse logistics describes how such deposit and collection system can work in practice, highlighting potential disadvantages, mainly the high investment costs. Therefore, the article also includes a financial analysis exploring potential cost of establishing said deposit and collection system. The number of necessary collection point for Slovakia has been determined and the total investment costs for the vending machines installations and service in Slovakia has been calculated.

Keywords: reverse logistics; deposit refund system; recycling of PET bottles; disposable packaging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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