Alko recycles your empties
You can return your empties – glass and plastic bottles and metal cans – accepted in the Finnish recycling system to the following recycling points:
- reverse vending machines in Alko shops
- reverse vending machines in super markets co-operating with Alko
You can redeem the deposit upon presenting the receipt from the reverse vending machine. The receipt is only valid in the shop where the empties have been returned.
Deposits on empties
GLASS BOTTLES
€0.10 0.3–0.75 litre refillable bottles for alcoholic beverages
€0.10 0.15–2.0 litre recyclable bottles
€0.40 1.0 litre Finnish soft drink bottles
PLASTIC BOTTLES
only plastic bottles with Finnish deposit stamp
€0.20 0.5 litre refillable bottles for alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
€0.40 1.0 or 1.5 litre refillable bottles for alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
€0.10 max 0.35 litre recyclable bottles
€0.20 over 0.35 litre but less than 1.0 litre recyclable bottles
€0.40 min 1.0 litre recyclable bottles
CANS AND CRATES
€0.15 cans with Finnish deposit stamp
€2.20 24 bottle brewery crates
€3.20 red crates for 0.35 litre bottles (so-called Coca-Cola crates)
€4.20 other Finnish bottle crates
There is no deposit on
- bottles under 15 cl (so-called miniature bottles)
- glass bottles over 2 litres
- bottles for alcoholic beverages purchased abroad,
and accordingly you cannot redeem a deposit on them.
We recommend you to return glass bottles purchased abroad to the local recycling centres.
Additional information on recycling
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