{"id":3598,"date":"2025-08-01T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emballageretur.dk\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:57:29","slug":"companies-pay-high-price-for-packaging-but-there-is-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emballageretur.dk\/en\/companies-pay-high-price-for-packaging-but-there-is-a-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPANIES PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR PACKAGING \u2013 BUT A SOLUTION IS ALREADY ON THE TABLE"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row el_class=”container big” el_id=”blog-hdr” css=”.vc_custom_1695632119015{background-image: url(https:\/\/emballageretur.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Hero-Emballage_BG.jpeg?id=1047) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_class=”wrapper”][vc_column_inner animation_in_type=”transition.slideUpBigIn” animation_in_offset=”100″ animation_in_duration=”500″ animation_in_delay=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”COMPANIES PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR PACKAGING \u2013 BUT A SOLUTION IS ALREADY ON THE TABLE” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”container” el_id=”blog-content”][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=”wrapper”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Opinion” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”label”][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Morten Harboe-Jepsen, CEO at Retur and Emballageretur” font_container=”tag:div|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”manchet”][vc_column_text]\n

Earlier this week, the Danish Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Danish Industry, and the Danish Agriculture & Food Council sharply criticised the implementation of the extended producer responsibility for packaging. Particularly under fire is the high municipal pricing for waste management.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Emballageretur, we fully share their concern.<\/p>\n

Together with ERP Denmark, we have warned the authorities and the parliamentary parties behind the producer responsibility for packaging about these challenges since April 2023. We raised the issue again in October 2024, when one of our spot checks revealed that municipal costs per household could differ by as much as 79%.<\/p>\n

We recognise that there may be valid reasons for price differences between municipalities, but the problem arises when producer responsibility organisations (and thereby companies) are assigned different cost levels based on chance.<\/p>\n

However, there is a solution to this problem, which Emballageretur and ERP Denmark presented back in spring 2023: a financial clearing house to even out the differences in municipal fees and ensure fairer, more predictable costs for Danish businesses.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the proposal from Emballageretur and ERP \u2013 two of Denmark\u2019s most experienced producer responsibility organisations \u2013 was not supported.<\/p>\n

Instead, a possible reconsideration was postponed until after the ramp-up period \u2013 that is, at the earliest in 2027.<\/p>\n

Now we see the consequences:<\/p>\n