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Definition :
A statutory recycling fee that has applied since July 2001 to the sale of electrical or electronic appliances for the
purpose of financing their recycling at some stage in the future. Those items covered by the fee are items termed to
be “likely to be used domestically”.
The non-profit organisation Recupel has used these recycling fees to create a collection and recycling system for used
appliances and designed to protect the environment. |
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Method of invoicing:
 Passing on the fee through invoices:
The importers and manufacturers affiliated to Recupel pay a recycling fee when an appliance is placed on the market
in Belgium. Each link in the commercial chain, such as WASLET, invoices the net amount of the fee separately from the
selling price. In the end, it is only the end-user who pays the recycling fee. Recycling fees paid on new items bought
back or exported are deductible.
Amounts charged as recycling fees:
The amounts charged as recycling fees vary from one appliance to another. The fee
is determined based on the stages needed in the recycling process. The fee is used to cover the costs involved in the
collection, sorting, carriage and recycling of used appliances.
The amounts charged as recycling fees for computer equipment are available from the Recupel website in the section on
“Recycling fees - Computer, Telecommunications and Office equipment - ICT”
VAT:
Because recycling is classified as a service, the statutory recycling fee is subject to VAT. The rate of VAT
that applies to the Recupel recycling fee is the same as for the product to which it refers.
Stating the recycling fee:
The recycling fee must be must be stated on the invoice, separate from the purchase price, in accordance with environmental
agreements. WASLET invoices state the Recupel fee separately from the items in question by way of a specific invoicing
code (WAS40 - Recupel Fee)
Procedure for taking back equipment:
Mandatory take-back:
Although end-users are encouraged wherever possible to dispose of their used equipment and appliances
in container parks, resellers are obliged to take back, free of charge, any used appliances handed in to them by their
customers on the sale of equivalent new items.
Take-back in practical terms:
Provided advance notice is given, WASLET agrees to take back used equipment on condition that equivalent new equipment
is purchased. The equipment must be returned to WASLET by the customer. Home pick-up can be arranged as part of a home
delivery of equivalent new equipment.
also see www.recupel.com
Bebat
Bebat is a non-profit Association (Battery Collection Fund) with the aim of collecting all kinds of used dry batteries
and accumulators for their subsequent recycling.
The system must be financed by means of a collection and recycling contribution (CRC) payable by the consumer, amounting
to 0,12 EUR + VAT per battery for servers and desktops, and 0,25 EUR + VAT per battery for notebooks.
Also see www.bebat.be/pages/en/mainen.html
Collection of used toner and ink cartridges
Used toner and ink cartridges may be recycled
by Cartridge Recycling
Center for the benefit of "Cliniclowns
Belgium".
Cliniclowns Belgium devotes itself to bringing a little happiness and relaxation into the lives of children in hospital.
For more information, please contact: 0800
14 142. |
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