• 4 months ago
The central European country has yet to reach the EU target of nearly 6.5 million recycled bottles per day by 2025.
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00:00The whole Hungarian recycling system has to be reorganized, following overflowing bins,
00:07long queues and many, many disappointed consumers, who should be refunded 13 cents for each empty
00:14drink container returned. As 3.5 million bottles are thrown into the machines every day, which
00:20is far more than the designed capacity. While the company Mohumol has admitted to the problem,
00:26their customers are unsatisfied.
00:44Other problems include the machine not recognizing bottles or the return app failing to scan.
00:50Vendors must regularly empty the machines, the manufacturer handles failure and Mohu
00:55is blamed for the lack of repoints nationwide. Mohu said they are planning to revamp the system.
01:02Hungary has just one year left to reach the EU target of nearly 6.5 million bottles per day.
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