From October 1, a bail system officially began to operate in Poland, which is to protect the environment and increase recycling. Already in the first days there were reports about the use of gaps in the regulations to celebrate new regulations.
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As we informed, the Kaufland commercial network in its newspaper, whose offer is valid from October 2, advertises a bottle whose deposit system will not cover. The water of one of the manufacturers was to be sold in a 3.001 -liter package, i.e. slightly above the limit.
We would like to remind you that the system includes: plastic bottles up to three liters, metal cans up to one liter and glass feedback bottles up to one and a half liters. This additional milliliter that appeared in the Kaufland commercial offer immediately caught attention.
The producer of the mentioned water – the company Ustronianka – in a statement that TVN24 quotes, admitted that “The 3.001l capacity is fully in line with the applicable Caition Act” – Written.
The company also explained that the disputed capacity “is not new in the brand's portfolio. For over 20 years, a bottle of 3.001 l has been in the Ustronianka offer And it is used for the production of both water and drinks that go to the Polish market and foreign markets ” – added.
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As explained by TVN24, The Kaufland trading network has also used a similar patent in Germany, where the deposit system has been operating for years. There, the manufacturers also launched drinks in bottles with a capacity of more than 3 liters. In this way, they avoided calculating the mandatory deposit for a bottle of 0.25 euros.
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The deputy minister of funds and regional policy referred to the matter in sharp words Jan Szyszko. He criticized the Kaufland network for celebrating the rules of the deposit system in Poland. “Let's call things by name: Avoiding the system is no eureka, only pure anti -Polish cunning. Also a shame for the German corpowhich in Poland promotes such pathologies ” – wrote on the website X Minister Szyszko.
After publicizing the situation with the unusual capacity of bottles, the Kaufland network sent a statement to Business Insider's editorial office in which she stated that “The goal has never been and will not be to celebrate the Caucascja System. The appearance of this offer was a mistake, not an action resulting from our strategy “.
In a message sent, the Kaufland chain informs that “”The promotion will not be implemented and the said product was immediately withdrawn from the sale And it will not be available in our stores. ”
The network pointed out that the sale of bottles with a capacity of just over 3 liters would be marginal, then “It could undermine the right and good pro -ecological solutions, which is part of the deposit system, would be contrary to the ideas that guide our network and have been implemented by us from the beginning of the presence of Kaufland in Poland “.
