Packaging manufacturers will incur a special fee. This is provided for in the draft act on the management of packaging and packaging waste, which implements new requirements in the field of Extended Producer Responsibility (ROP) into Polish law. Last week, the project was sent for consultation. The ministry admits that consumers may also feel the change.
The project provides for dividing the stream of packaging into consumer and other packaging – from trade, distribution or industry. Split also means treating these streams separately in the context of statutory obligations such as recycling and accounting, product fees, etc.
Packaging fee
Producers under the ROP will pay a special packaging fee. The minister of climate will determine its rates – they will be differentiated, inter alia, by type of packaging, recyclability, recycled content after taking into account revenues from reuse, sales of recycled materials and missed deposits.
“It is estimated that the packaging fee due for 2023 (the first year of the law being in force) will amount to PLN 1,500.0 million,” RIA wrote.
The Ministry of Climate hopes that the implementation of the act will contribute to reducing the fees for waste.
“The project is to contribute to lowering the rates of fees for separately collected waste by municipalities and, consequently, to have a positive impact on the financial stability of families and to counteract the unjustified increases in the prices of fees for waste disposal, which are currently observed in many municipalities. municipalities to the needs and financial possibilities of residents “- it was written.
Concerns about rising prices
On the other hand, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage expects an increase in product prices.
“A negative financial impact on citizens can also be expected due to the possible inclusion of burdens imposed on entrepreneurs under the ROP in product prices. However, it is not possible to estimate this impact, as the scale of the real increase in product prices is not certain” – it was written.
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