container deposit

English

Noun

container deposit (plural container deposits)

A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.

Collocations

beverage container deposit
container deposit fee
container deposit law
container deposit legislation
container deposit program
container deposit proposal
container deposit scheme
container deposit system

Translations

deposit on a beverage or other container

Dutch: statiegeld (nl)
Finnish: pantti (fi)
German: Pfand (de) n
Spanish: empeño (es) m
Swedish: pant (sv) c

See also

bottle deposit

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