Financing
The costs for the collection and recovery are covered by the license fees that ARA license partners pay to ARA for the reported packaging volumes they put on the market. The revenues are passed on by ARA to operative partners, disposal companies, and communal waste cooperatives.
The fees ARA license partners need to pay are based on the multiplication of the packaging quantities with the respective tariffs. The tariffs are annually calculated by the system operators of the ARA System according to the real costs for the collection, sorting, and recycling of each packaging material.
Due to continuous system improvement and efficiency enhancement, ARA and its partners within the ARA System have been able to reduce the tariffs from year to year, or, where no reductions were feasible, keep them stable.
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Packaging material |
Tariffs in € per kg (excl. VAT) |
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Jan. 1., 2009 -June 30, 2009 |
as of July 1, 2009 |
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1.1. |
Sales packaging – paper, cardboard, corrugated board * (Refunding of heavy-duty-bags – turn page) |
0.105 |
0.130 |
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1.2. |
Transport packaging – paper, cardboard, corrugated board |
0.042 |
0.050 |
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2. |
Disposable glass packaging |
0.071 |
0.071 |
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3. |
Wood |
0.018 |
0.018 |
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4. |
Ceramics |
0.170 |
0.170 |
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5.1. |
Ferrous metals small < 3 l |
0.200 |
0.270 |
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5.2. |
Ferrous metals large ≥ 3 l
and metal hoops |
0.100 |
0.130 |
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5.3. |
Aluminium |
0.400 |
0.500 |
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6. |
Textiles |
0.265 |
0.265 |
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7.0. |
Plastics small * < 1.5 m² or < 0.15 kg, hollow bodies < 5 l, EPS < 0.1 kg,
bags ≤ 10 l, net bags < 25 l, multipacks |
0.610 |
0.760 |
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7.1. |
EPS (e. g. Styrofoam ®) ≥ 0.1 kg |
0.200 |
0.200 |
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8.0. |
Composite materials
(without beverage composite cartons) |
0.670 |
0.670 |
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9. |
Industrial, commercial & large plastic packaging (IGP) |
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9.1. |
Foils ≥ 1.5 m², Tray foils ≥ 0.25 m² (≥ 6 sales units – food, ≥ 3 sales units – non-food), Hoops, Adhesive tapes |
0.120 |
0.162 |
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9.2. |
Hollow bodies ≥ 5 l, Bags > 10 l, Net bags ≥ 25 l, Cartridges, Moulded bodies ≥ 0.15 kg (without EPS) |
0.120 |
0.162 |
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10. |
Packaging materials on a biological basis |
0.580 |
0.580 |
* inclusive shopping bags
Examples:
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Country: Austria |
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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 (fees of 2009) |
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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 27.00 Cent/kg of tinplate = 1.23201 Cent |
1.232 Cent |
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2.55 g x 13.00 Cent/kg of paper = 0.03315 |
0.033 Cent |
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calculation of item fee: |
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subtotal |
1.265 Cent |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
1.265 Cent |
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VAT 20 % |
0.253 Cent |
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grand total gross |
1.518 Cent | |
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Country: Austria |
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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 (fees of 2009) |
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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 13.00 Cent/kg of paper = 1.3884 Cent |
1.388 Cent |
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9.28 g x 76.00 Cent/kg of plastic = 0.70528 Cent |
0.705 Cent |
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calculation of item fee: |
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subtotal |
2.093 Cent |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
2.093 Cent |
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VAT 20 % |
0.4186 Cent |
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grand total gross |
2.5116 Cent | |
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