Deposit-refund system
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deposit-refund-system-259-8923653
title:
Deposit-refund system
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A deposit-refund system (DRS), also known as deposit-return system, advance deposit fee or deposit-return scheme, is a surcharge on a product when purchased and a rebate when it is returned. A well-known example is when container deposit legislation mandates that a refund is given when reusable packaging is returned. A DRS is a market-based instrument to address externalities, similar to a pigovian tax, with the key difference that a DRS refunds the fee after the product is returned. This provid
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Surcharge refunded when part of a product is returned
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposit-refund_system
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2024-02-26T00:41:13Z
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