Here’s why stores have been refusing your glass bottles and deposit refunds for weeks – it’s not their fault, but the recycling centers are in total chaos due to new, stricter fire safety rules after several fires! While you stand in front of machines rejecting your bottles, the Environmental Protection Fund is scrambling to hire new companies to collect glass, but until then, you’re out of luck. Konzum and Kaufland are at least doing something, but Lidl, Tommy, Spar, and others? Total disaster! Fines for stores not accepting packaging are a laughable 10,000 kuna, a drop in the ocean for big chains. Is this yet another proof that our recycling system is a joke? Or is it time we start fighting for our rights ourselves? Tell us your story – have you lost your deposit refund? How furious are you about this mess?
