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    Afvalfonds Verpakkingen

    The Dutch packaging waste fund that administers producer responsibility and collects the packaging levy in the Netherlands.

    Afvalfonds Verpakkingen collects the Dutch packaging management contribution from producers and importers and funds collection and recycling. Reporting is annual, by material, with an audit requirement above a defined tonnage.

    A one thousand kilogram annual threshold exempts the smallest producers from the contribution, though registration expectations still apply as volumes approach the line.

    The Netherlands also operates deposit systems for plastic bottles and cans, administered separately, so beverage producers deal with two parallel regimes and must avoid reporting the same containers to both.

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    • Deposit return scheme (DRS)

      A system charging a refundable deposit on beverage containers to drive high return rates, usually operating alongside but separately from EPR.

    • Producer responsibility organisation (PRO)

      A collective scheme that producers join to discharge their EPR obligations, handling registration, reporting infrastructure, fee collection and recycling contracts.

    • Tonnage reporting

      The annual declaration of packaging weight by material category placed on a market, and the basis for nearly every EPR invoice.

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