The term “returnable vacuum” means that a container (typically glass bottles, but also PET plastic bottles) must be returned to the supplier once emptied, so that it can be reused (up to 20 reuses for PET bottles, 40 for glass bottles). This practice was adopted by several catering & hospitality businesses since 2018 in the province of Salerno (Camerota, Sapri, Castel Velino, Novi Velia, Poderia, Centola) and Vicenza. The mechanism of the returnable vacuum is quite simple: the restaurateur buys drinks and pays a deposit of a few cents according to the size of the drink. When it is emptied, he takes it back to the seller, who returns the deposit.
Zero Waste in Training of Catering and Hotel
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