FAQ - Economic conditions and prices
As a company covered by producer responsibility on packaging, one must cover the costs of collection, transportation, and waste treatment of its packaging.
Read more about prices for membership of VANA and the economic consequences related to producer responsibility.
No: Waste-producing companies only have to pay for the handling of waste that is not packaging. The producer must pay for the part that is packaging.
A packaging is registered in the producer responsibility by the company that first makes it available on the Danish market, with businesses as the end user. When the packaging becomes commercial waste, it is picked up, for example, by a private waste collector, who is compensated by the producer responsibility organisation (PRO).
Read more about waste treatment under producer responsibility
The base contribution covers ongoing maintenance of master data in VANA's business system and access to knowledge on the closed member pages.
As a member of VANA, you can see the prices here. The prices will be published in VANA's terms when the producer responsibility enters into force on October 1st.
The prices are higher than the estimated figures from the Environmental Protection Agency's report from 2021 (also known as the COWI report) and the projected 2023 figures derived from it, which the VANA calculator was based on.
This is due to the fact that the announced fees from the municipalities are significantly higher than expected, and the reported quantities of household packaging by companies are significantly lower than assumed. This means that it should be expected that there is a larger volume that has not been reported, but which is included in the prices (the free rider problem).
As Dansk Producentansvar (DPA) has still not made a decision regarding the amount of the guarantee that all producer responsibility organisations must provide by September 3, we unfortunately cannot yet say whether it will be necessary for VANA's members to provide a guarantee or pay an advance payment. VANA is working hard to ensure that this does not become necessary.
The first advance payment must be made based on your first report; that is, November if you report monthly (over 8 tons) or January if you report quarterly (under 8 tons).
The eco-modulation constitutes 35% of the operational costs and is based on the bonus/malus model. This means that businesses that make available packaging with low recyclability (red) will have to pay a larger portion of the costs (malus).
Read more about eco-modulation and the bonus/malus model here.
Bonus for companies that make available packaging with high recyclability (green) depends on the distribution between green and red reports in the respective material categories. VANA thus pays out bonuses based on a tiered model until awareness of the distribution has been established based on members' ongoing reporting, read more here.
For packaging at the red level, the producer pays a malus (additional cost) of 35 % of the individual producer's calculated operational costs for waste management of packaging waste.
For packaging at the green level, the producer receives a bonus that reduces the producer's calculated operational costs for waste management of packaging waste.
For packaging at the yellow level, the individual producer pays the calculated operational costs for waste management.
Read more about the economic model for the eco-modulated fee here.
Read more about the payment of bonuses for members here.
VANA pays bonuses based on a tiered model. The greater the knowledge VANA gains about the quantities and the distribution among fractions, the closer VANA can get to setting both the red and green prices in advance for the year.
See elaboration under VANA's prices here.
It is where Dansk Producentansvar (DPA) has a deadline for reports, and VANA can close the previous year.
Read more about VANA's prices here.
Yes. VANA's members pay the same price for handling the respective material categories, whether it concerns general, residual, or hazardous waste, and this price is eco-modulated.
The Environmental Protection Agency has indicated that it is the packaging that needs to be eco-modulated, and therefore it does not matter for the price whether it is in general, residual, or hazardous waste, but rather the criteria in the guidelines' appendix 14 that determine it.
Read more about eco-modulation here.
Find the Environmental Protection Agency's guidance here.