Romanians returned 160 million returnable packaging units in April, 40% of the 400 million units introduced on the market under the guarantee-return system, or SGR, minister of environment Mircea Fechet said at the opening ceremony for a new recycling center near Bucharest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Between January 1 and April 15, 166 million packaging units were collected under the SGR system. Of this, 48 million were collected in Bucharest and its broader metropolitan area (Ilfov).<\/p>\n
In May, minister Fechet expects to see more than 200 million packaging units returned \u2013 which would bring the return rate to over 50%, Revistaprogresiv.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Four regional RetuRO centers are currently open: in Bon\u021bida (Cluj county), Giarmata (Timi\u0219 county), Bra\u0219ov, and Otopeni (Ilfov). In the next three months, other\u00a0 centers will be opened in Bac\u0103u, Ploiesti, and Dolj.\u00a0<\/p>\n The processing capacity of SGR packaging in Romania is, at the moment, over 2.6 billion packaging units per year(including the new center in Otopeni).<\/p>\n