Regulatory & Policy August 25, 2026
This site had listed Greece's deposit operator and deposit as "to be confirmed". Enough is now published to start work on artwork.
What is settled. DRS Hellas S.A., incorporated on October 7, 2025, is the sole Collective Alternative Management System for the Greek scheme, founded by soft drinks, juice, beer, and bottled water producers with retail through the Hellenic Supermarket Union. Scope is plastic bottles and metal beverage containers up to 3 liters, matching the PPWR Article 50 scope, and in-scope containers need three markings, the DRS logo, a barcode, and the deposit value.
The deposit has two tiers. It is 0.10 euro up to 0.5 liters and 0.15 euro between 0.5 and 3 liters, so a single figure, or the range without the 0.5 liter boundary, prices it wrong. The refund is a voucher spendable in participating stores rather than the cash most European schemes pay, which matters if you model return rates in Greece.
What is NOT settled: the date. DRS Hellas is still pending licensing by the Hellenic Recycling Agency (EOAN), activation is phased with tenders open, and no go-live date has been published. The operator targets up to 90 percent collection by 2029, in line with the Article 50(1) duty on Greece. Plan the artwork now, but do not accept a launch date from anyone, because there is not one yet.
Source: DRS Hellas S.A., drshellas.gr, company and scheme pages read August 25, 2026. [LOCKED] on the operator, scope and deposit tiers.
This entry is part of the PPWR Atlas update log. See the week of August 24, 2026 or the full update archive.