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Soft Drinks Packaging in the Netherlands

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  • 10 Pages
  • July 2025
  • Region: Netherlands
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 2224710
In 2024, total soft drinks packaging retail volumes in the Netherlands decreased by 0.4% to 3.8 billion units, driven by a combination of regulatory changes and ongoing cost-of-living pressures. The extension of the national deposit return scheme to metal beverage containers and the increase in the sugar-sweetened beverage tax led to higher retail prices, discouraging casual purchases and prompting some consumers to opt for tap or filtered water instead of packaged soft drinks.

This Soft Drinks Packaging in Netherlands report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.

Product coverage: Asian Speciality Drinks, Bottled Water, Carbonates, Concentrates, Energy Drinks, Juice, RTD Coffee, RTD Tea, Sports Drinks.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Soft Drinks Packaging market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS

2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Regulatory expansion and tax increase prevent growth in soft drinks packaging
  • Dutch deposit-return scheme drives PET recycling to record highs
  • The Netherlands enforces caps-attached rule for single-use plastic bottles
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Low growth despite EU mandates as players adapt their soft drinks packaging
  • New Dutch recycling facility to support circular goals and cut virgin plastic use
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