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Deposit-return incentives are described as rewarding the return of a container through refunding an upfront charge.

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Lela MélonSustainability law researcher and educator · Universitat Pompeu FabraLinkedIn ↗

Deposit-return incentives are described as rewarding the return of a container through refunding an upfront charge.

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Attributed contributors: Lela Mélon. “Deposit-return incentives are described as rewarding the return of a container through refunding an upfront charge..” Regulation and the Market for Circularity, Will Europe Lead?. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 18 September 2026. Session time 7:03–7:44. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-5c1aad2c2115

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Deposit-return incentives are described as rewarding the return of a container through refunding an upfront charge.

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Lela MélonSustainability law researcher and educator · Universitat Pompeu FabraLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Make returning material financially attractive.

Limit: Return incentives do not by themselves solve mixed-material processing.

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