Pant - in Norway

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/how-to-pant-in-norway/

How to refund your cans or bottles.

To pant in Norway is to return a drinks bottle or can to the supermarket and get a refund of the deposit you paid when purchasing. Simples!
(you can of course pant in other ways too, but I won't cover those here)

Returning items for the deposit has long been a part of Norwegian society. Most supermarkets contain “reverse vending” machines which take the bottles and cans in exchange for a receipt, which you cash in at the till. You can feed in other bottles and cans too (for example some cans from the duty-free don’t have pant) and the machine still takes them for recycling, you just don’t get any credit. Here's a little video Gerry made to show his family how it worked…

One of my first memories of Norway was the number of folk actively hunting out bottles and cans on the streets. Some homeless, some not. At one outdoor concert I counted at least four people wandering around with bulging black sacks full of discarded bottles. It sure keeps the streets clean.

It also encourages you to clear up after a house party. Here's some of the empties from a party I threw not so long ago, surveyed by my hungover friend Brian. I was refunded 63 kroner (about £7) which just about paid for the asprin…