Soon higher deposit according to the example Austria?

20 instead of 8 cents

Breweries demand drastic increase in the bottle deposit

In Austria, the bottle deposit for glass bottles has been at 20 cents. German breweries also want to see it increased in this country.

Since the weekend, Austria has increased the deposit for reusable glass bottles from 9 cents to 20 cents. This measure is intended to help smaller breweries that have difficulty getting their beer bottles back. Now this idea is also picking up speed in Germany.

Stefan Stang, managing director of the association of private breweries in Germany, said the “Bild”: “We have been calling for this for Germany for a long time, the Austrian example will take a very careful look at us.” In the association of private breweries in Germany, 650 predominantly smaller companies are combined.

So far, trade and the brewery association, in which large providers in particular have been organized, have prevented an increase, said Stang. A main argument was the so-called key date regulation, out of worry that pledge is bunkered months before an increase and later brought back with higher deposit.

Dietrich Sailer, head of the “Münchner Kindl” brewery, also said the “picture” that “the deposit prices in Germany are 40 years old” and would no longer fit the replacement costs. Sailer emphasized: “Initially, the breweries will initially make losses in Austria if they have to buy the old bottles for expensive deposits back. But that's a worthwhile investment in the future.”

The pressure on Germany also grows by comparing the deposits. “1,500 boxes fit on a beer truck. In Germany, a 3.10 euro deposit costs, in Austria there are now seven euros for this,” said Sailer. That makes 5,850 euros in profit tax -free, the “image” calculates.