5 percent last year compared to 2024, Pantamera statistics show, with an average of 283 cans and bottles returned per person. Marcus Forsén from Mariefred has developed a service to help more containers be recycled and not sit unused at home, running it on a voluntary basis and free to use. About seventy people had registered an account on his service by the end of March, shortly after its launch.
According to SVT Sörmland, Marcus Forsén suggested that others might benefit more from the deposit refunds than he does. Marcus Forsén works in the IT industry in his daily job, and his service is one of several platforms focused on solving the same problem. According to SVT Sörmland, Marcus Forsén also noted receiving feedback about associations potentially using the service, such as allowing groups to manage their own deposit collections.
Maybe someone else would be happier with this deposit than I am.
The exact name or URL of his service remains unclear, as does how it specifically works to facilitate recycling. Other platforms targeting similar issues have not been named, and the total number of beverage containers returned in Sweden last year has not been disclosed. Specific associations or groups that have provided feedback to Forsén about his service are also unknown.
I have received a lot of feedback about associations and maybe helping them, perhaps that you can choose for an association to pick up their deposit so that only they can see it.