VANA raises concerns about unnecessary bureaucracy and increased costs in the consultation response regarding allocation

Marianne Roed Jakobsen, CEO of VANA, says, among other things in the consultation response:

"The draft for the allocation among the producer responsibility organisations leads to unnecessarily high administrative burdens and costs for businesses, producer responsibility organisations, municipalities, and waste-producing companies. DPA has solely focused on the marketed packaging quantities but has not included other relevant considerations as prescribed by the statutory order on packaging."

VANA has therefore submitted a concrete proposal for a method for calculating the allocation that ensures cost-effectiveness, supports fair competition conditions, and respects the political agreement as well as the statutory order on packaging.

Take a look at VANA's proposal for the method for calculating the allocation here (Danish)

VANA is ready for dialogue on the common goal

Marianne Roed Jakobsen emphasises:

"At VANA, we are always prepared to collaborate on the best solution, and we are naturally available for dialogue on how the method can be applied from a common concern for all involved parties and the overarching purpose of introducing producer responsibility: that we work together towards a more circular economy."

In the consultation response, VANA also points out a number of practical problems posed by DPA’s proposal for allocation:

• shared combined collections in 40+ municipalities
• complicated administration for collection across municipalities
• 300,000 waste-producing companies may potentially need to seek compensation from several producer responsibility organisations

Additionally, VANA points out several specific outstanding issues regarding the proposed allocation:

• there is no distinction made between financial and operational allocation in the decision
• a allocation for wood in household quantities has not been implemented

Read VANA's full consultation response here (Danish)