Only beer bottles carry a deposit (€0.10), all other glass bottles are to be disposed of in glass recycling containers (and doing so breaks the bottles). Beer b

Only beer bottles carry a deposit (€0.10), all other glass bottles are to be disposed of in glass recycling containers (and doing so breaks the bottles). Beer bottles are the only ones being reused, not recycled. Although surrounding countries use a deposit system for aluminum cans to combat litter, the Netherlands does not. Also, even though PET bottles carry a deposit (€0.25), relatively few of the bottles that are returned are actually used to create new bottles. For instance, a Coca Cola PET bottle consists of just 25% recycled plastic. Lastly, starting in 2015 PET bottles sold in the Netherlands will not carry a deposit. Next year, PET bottle collection will move from store level to the municipal level.