Kaufland, una catena di supermercati tedesca, ha trovato una scappatoia nel sistema di ritorno di deposito in bottiglia appena introdotto dalla Polonia vendendo bottiglie d’acqua solo “1 ml” oltre il limite di deposito.
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Source: https://tvpworld.com/89227651/poland-deposit-law-loophole-kaufland-sells-3001-liter-bottle-avoiding-fees
The newly 3.001 L bottle
UPDATE: after the social pressure, Kaufland is withdrawing those bottles
https://x.com/szyszkoj/status/1973796872197197877
What’s controversial about a deposit system?
And the supermarket chain responds to the scandal. The store withdraws the product from sale. ([link](https://biznes.interia.pl/finanse/news-kaufland-reaguje-na-afere-wokol-butelki-ustronianki-niezwloc,nId,22426537)
Eli5?
I don’t get it – wasn’t Germany the one that started all that deposit system? why are they now so against it in other country?
Why should that be a scandal. Finding ways to circumvent deposit is not bad for the population. In Austria they now are starting to sell drinks in Tetra Pak cartons to circumvent the hated deposit.
Wow imagine doing the right thing being so anathema to you that you deliberately circumvent it, publicise your fuckery, and await your applause. It must be a fucking awful place to work.
They wouldn’t have tried that in Germany would they?
The deposit system shouldn’t be controversial, in Norway we’ve had this system for 123 years and it works very well.
In fact the Norwegian system is much better than the new system that the EU is trying to impose.
Next step is the 3 liter bottle that is wider than the hole in the machines. Impossible to return.
Capitalistic vultures. That’s what we get for not believing in communism and fair play
These are the times where free capitalism doesn’t favor society. Some things just needs to be regulated.
how does it benefit them? why do they care if the bottles will be deposited?
**Hello Op.**
Thank you for your totally outdated post about this minor ‘Polish-German’ issue in a day of German’s Unity Day. It’s nice to know that someone from probably ruzzian Transnistria is taking care about us – Poles. So nice. /s
Not Regards.
And so on. And so on.
Why though? Kaufland seems totally fine with deposits in Germany. That makes zero sense. They already have the technology, infrastructure and processes in place.
I am glad this got sorted out.
But the same time I am finding it a bit funny tbh.
There is a word in Polish “kombinować” which means something like “managing to get thing done the way you want it in unconventional and not necessarily fully legal way”.
I have heard ages ago that up until like 1970s Sweden had no idea that they had certain loopholes in their tax laws until Polish immigrants arrived, started to kombinować and abused those loopholes.
I find it a bit funny how now German company decided to kombinować and used a loophole here. Lol
ah, I see they’re big fans of late ’00s WWE
I know this for years from [Turka Cola Bottles](https://www.google.com/search?q=cola%20turka%203%20liter) (3,033 l).
I used to buy 5l water bottles because the water in my area is bad. Now I’m forced to use more plastic buying smaller bottles. Defeats the purpose
Mental note: If ever go to Germany or Poland do not give Kaufland any business.
It backfired as a muthaphoka, they are removing the “water with 20 years tradition” from all stores.
F U Kaufland
“Outsmarting” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. If the law says that bottles up to 3l have to be sold with deposit, and that bottles above 3l don’t have an deposit, I think it’s disingenuous to say the company “outsmarted” the law.
The lawmakers must have known that people would sell bottles with 3.01l, it’s obvious.
that’s because they don’t do it as it’s done in Romania. the consumer pays a 0.10€ flat tax on each bottle, money that they then receive back if they return the bottle.
why make multinationals pay when you can make the citizens do so.