The obligatory bottle exchange is a big hit, with partygoers who want to drink and guberálos (“bottle hunters”) enthusiastically collecting the discarded rubbish (“treasures”).

By the end of the first day, discarded PET bottles were piling up near Hajogiari Island. The trash cans are full to the brim – begins the article about the circumstances surrounding the Sighet Festival by Fidesz Media Foundation Major cities.

In the media close to the government, Metropol took the strongest position that Budapest was responsible for all aspects of public hygiene, public safety, etc. It personally blamed Mayor Gergely Karacsony for its problem. Just a day before Sigit's article, “Is it really that big a deal to clean up this mess?” – Sörokasár subway is a textbook example of Christmas neglect Article titled.

But this time, the paper doesn’t blame the mayor for the sorry state of affairs, and instead finds joy in the misery: “Many people noticed the good show, and the area around Mosaik Utca was flooded with food bottle hunters. The island of Öbudi is populated by people who want to have a good time. The area around the HÉV station and the nearby Auchan bottling plant was covered in garbage in the evening. Foodies immediately seized the opportunity and methodically went through the neighborhood to collect the scattered treasures.

Even the trash cans were searched one by one, looking for returnable bottles.

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In other words, according to the newspaper, the great advantage of the mandatory bottle exchange, which started very slowly and thus caused great public outrage, is that “hardworking bottle hunters,” i.e. party-goers and eaters who are short of money, can earn good money from the thrown away rubbish.

By the way, in Sziget, no deposit fee is charged for bottles that already have a deposit fee, because it was not possible to solve the possibility of exchanging bottles in the festival area. The result is that bottles with a deposit fee are disposed of – preferably in the trash – by those who want to exchange them.



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