Financing
The costs for the collection and recovery systems 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 the collection and/or recycling companies and further 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. The tariff reductions over the last six years resulted in cost savings of more than 1 billion ATS for industry and commerce.
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Packaging material |
Tariffs in € per kg (excl. VAT) |
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1.1.-31.12.2006 |
from 1.1.2007 |
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1.1. |
Sales packaging – paper, cardboard, corrugated board * (Refunding of heavy-duty-bags – turn page) |
0.105 |
0.105 |
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1.2. |
Transport packaging – paper, cardboard, corrugated board |
0.045 |
0.042 |
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2. |
Disposable glass packaging |
0.069 |
0.061 |
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3. |
Wood |
0.023 |
0.023 |
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4. |
Ceramics |
0.290 |
0.170 |
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5.1. |
Ferrous metals small < 3 l |
0.220 |
0.200 |
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5.2. |
Ferrous metals large ≥ 3 l
and metal hoops |
0.110 |
0.100 |
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5.3. |
Aluminium |
0.370 |
0.370 |
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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 |
0.620 |
0.610 |
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7.1. |
EPS (e. g. Styrofoam ®) ≥ 0.1 kg |
0.260 |
0.160 |
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8.0. |
Composite materials
(without beverage composite cartons) |
0.563 |
0.490 |
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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 |
0.190 |
0.120 |
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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) |
0.190 |
0.120 |
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10. |
Packaging materials on a biological basis |
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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 2006) |
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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 22.00 Cent/kg of tinplate = 1.00386 Cent |
1.004 Cent |
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2.55 g x 10.50 Cent/kg of paper = 0.026775 |
0.027 Cent |
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calculation of item fee: |
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subtotal |
1.031 Cent |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
1.031 Cent |
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VAT 20 % |
0.206 Cent |
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grand total gross |
1.237 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 2006) |
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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 10.50 Cent/kg of paper = 1.1214 Cent |
1.121 Cent |
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9.28 g x 62.00 Cent/kg of plastic = 0.57536 Cent |
0.575 Cent |
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calculation of item fee: |
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subtotal |
1.697 Cent |
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reduction quota |
0 |
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subtotal net |
1.697 Cent |
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VAT 20 % |
0.3339 Cent |
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grand total gross |
2.036 Cent | |
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