Some drink producers feel the squeeze even with $2.5k grant for container return scheme
SINGAPORE - Drink producers said they still feel the squeeze even with a government grant announced on Jan 20 to defray the cost of complying with a national recycling scheme for bottles and cans.
Some small producers also said the grant would be insufficient to avert a price increase of at least 20 per cent.
On Jan 20, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said it would give beverage producers
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Userevz1 24/01/2026
The $2.5k grant is a one time rebate. The recycling effort is a continuous cost that the drink producers got to pay till they close shop. If the drink producers can think of some other type of materials for the bottle that use, and it can compost / disintegrate without affecting the environment, then that will save not only their own pockets but the earth too.
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