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flag Romania’s deposit-return system boosted bottle recycling to 83% and cans to 75% in 2025, driving global attention and domestic green growth.

flag Romania’s deposit-return system achieved an 83% recycling rate for bottles in 2025, with 75% of aluminum cans recycled, up from 35% before the system launched. flag The program, now seen as a model for circular economy efforts, collected over nine billion packages and boosted domestic recycling industries. flag International praise came from France and Germany’s environment ministers, while Romania’s Carpathian rewilding projects ranked second globally. flag The country also saw investments in renewable energy and ice cream production, though a government bond auction failed. flag Public participation remains strong, with growing environmental awareness, though understanding of circularity is still limited.

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