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Romania’s Deposit Return System: A Model of Best Practices at the European Level. RetuRO, Part of the European Dialogue for a Sustainable Future

March 31, 2025

Romania is becoming a European benchmark in sustainability, thanks to the Deposit Return System implemented by RetuRO, the company managing the country’s largest circular economy project. The system’s performance in its first year of operation and its development objectives for this year were presented by Gemma Webb, CEO and Chair of the RetuRO Board of Directors, at the Packaging Waste & Sustainability Forum 2025,...

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