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I'm not sure on what portion goes to recyclers, but I have been to the plant that processes all these return bottles, and I suspect that a fairly high percent i

• Symbiote 8y ago
  In Denmark, the system says the collected bottles and cans are of good enough quality to be re-made into food containers: > The advantage of this system is that the material can continue to have adequate quality to be used again for food. Strict health regulations cover the aluminium, plastic and glass we drink from. > This is why aluminium from used beer cans may solely be used for new beer cans if it has not been mixed with other aluminium items such as empty paint cans. Similarly, glass bottles cannot be recycled into new bottles containing soft drinks if the glass has been mixed with waste glass from light bulbs, for example. > When we send plastic, glass and aluminium from bottles and cans for processing, the material goes exclusively to facilities and companies that are approved to manufacture food packaging. We inspect regularly to ensure that the requirements are met. https://www.danskretursystem.dk/en/use-again-and-again/closed-ressource-cycle/ https://www.danskretursystem.dk/en/use-again-and-again/close... The statistics for recycling etc are here, but my Danish isn't good enough to skim through and find the relevant figures: https://www.danskretursystem.dk/presse/#/documents/aarsrapport-2017-81050 https://www.danskretursystem.dk/presse/#/documents/aarsrappo...