Financing
The parties responsible for placing a product on the national market – producers, importers and distributors of private labels – finance the collection, sorting and recovery of the packaging waste. They delegate their legal responsibility to FOST Plus and finance the system via the Green Dot, depending on the composition and quantity of the packaging.
By the end of 2006, 5898 companies joined FOST Plus, paying a contribution. These contributions enabled the financing and coordination selective collection and sorting of household packaging waste, in collaboration with the intermunicipal authorities.. .
Tariffs
How are the tariffs calculated?
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Material |
Price 2007 per Kg excl VAT |
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(euros/kg) |
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Glass |
0.0290 |
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Paper and cardboard (>85% fibre) |
0.0174 |
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Steel (>50%) |
0.0234 |
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Aluminium (>50%, >50µ) |
0.1508 |
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PET bottles |
0.2294 |
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HDPE bottles and flasks |
0.2294 |
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Drinks cartons |
0.2662 |
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Other recoverable |
0.3511 |
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Other not recoverable |
0.3862 |
The tariffs are based on the actual cost of collecting, sorting and recycling/ recovery of each material. The keyword is solidarity:
Some materials exceed the imposed recycling requirements, other pay more than they actually cost in order to finance others; the highest contribution is made by those types of packaging and packaging materials for which there is no recycling guarantee and which are therefore not collected.
The tariffs are based on the actual cost of collecting, sorting and recycling/ recovery of each material. The keyword is solidarity:
Some materials exceed the imposed recycling requirements, other pay more than they actually cost in order to finance others; the highest contribution is made by those types of packaging and packaging materials for which there is no recycling guarantee and which are therefore not collected.
Examples (valid for one item - without transport packaging)
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Country: Belgium |
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Example 1: |
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can filled with corn |
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Calculation of licence fees for 1 item |
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packaging data per can: |
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weight of tinplate: 45,63 gramm |
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paper label: 2,55 gramm |
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volume of can: 425 ml |
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calculation of weight related fee: |
Cent |
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45,63 g x 2,34 Cent/kg of tinplate = O,1067 Cent |
0.1067 |
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2,55 g x 1,74 Cent/kg of paper = 0,0044 Cent |
0.0044 |
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calculation of item fee: |
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/ |
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subtotal |
0.1112 |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
0.1112 |
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VAT 21 % |
0.0234 |
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grand total gross (tariff 2007) |
0.1346 |
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Country: Belgium |
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Example 2: |
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cardboard box with plastic window for headset |
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Calculation of licence fee for 1 item |
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packaging data per box: |
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weight of box: 106,8 gramm |
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plastic window: 9,28 gramm |
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15,5 cm x 22 cm x 7,7 cm = 2625,7 cm³ |
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calculation of weight related fee: |
Cent |
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106,8 g x 1,74 Cent/kg of paper = 0.1858 Cent |
0.1858 |
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9,28 g x 35,11 Cent/kg of plastic = 0,3442 Cent |
0.3258 |
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calculation of item fee: |
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/ |
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subtotal |
0.5116 |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
0.5116 |
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VAT |
0.1074 |
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grand total gross (fee 2007) |
0.6190 |
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