Bogdan Purcherea, Envipco: “Romania’s DRS is already performing like a far more mature system”
In Europe’s race to build more efficient circular economy systems, Romania has become one of the markets drawing the closest attention.
What began as an ambitious national rollout has quickly turned into a case study watched by policymakers, producers, retailers and technology providers across the region. At Resource Recovery Summit 2026 in Bucharest, Romania’s Deposit Return System stood at the center of a wider conversation about what makes these systems work, and what other countries can realistically learn from them.







