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EUROPEAN UNION

The European Union transmitted a series of recommendations and directives that have to be complied with by each member state. To this purpose, Romania has established quotas for the wastes recycling. The recycling quota for our country is 60% out of the total of packaging wastes introduced on the market. According to the law, the companies that introduce packed products on the market (R.E.O.- Responsible Economic Operators) must assure that the packages obtained following consumption are collected selectively and recycled in authorized recycling centers. Otherwise, the R.E.O. will pay a fee of Lei 2 /kilogram for the quantities of non-recycled packaging.

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If we neglect packing wastes collection and recycling, the costs will be transferred to the final user. The studies carried-out by economic experts in forecast price increases ranging between 4% and 25%. Thus, the decrease of production / import and of consumption will be imminent. Among the most affected categories will be the food products, packaged in glass or metal. According to the available data, the recycling targets at the EU level tend to increase periodically, which causes the responsible economic operators, package generators, to conclude firm contracts with TROs, in order to avoid the eventual sanctions.

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