The Packaging Act has been in force for a good quarter of a year. How do the notifications to the Central Packaging Register LUCID and the dual systems work in practice? packaging journal asked the Rhineland-Nassau Farmers' and Winegrowers' Association (BWV). There, the start of the new packaging era was difficult because one dual system failed.
Farmers and Winegrowers with direct sales or a farm shop sell packaged products to end customers. They must register their packaging quantities with the Packaging register LUCID and join a dual system. Many BWV member companies were forced to re-register with a dual system. Dual licencer to register. The additional work was necessary because the system RKD Recycling Kontor Dual discontinued the licensing division at the end of March.
Better prices through framework agreements
The farmers and winegrowers wanted to take advantage of the favourable conditions of the Framework agreement which BWV had negotiated with RKD, reports BWV Sales Manager Dr Petra Paul. But after the announcement that RKD was discontinuing the licensing division, BWV had to look for a dual system partner again.
The association took over the search for a licensor as an additional service for its members. They save time if they can fall back on a framework agreement that has been checked by the association. They also benefit from significantly more favourable prices, as higher prices are agreed with the dual system. Purchase quantities could be negotiated.
Considerable need for counselling
Together with her team at BWV, Dr Petra Paul was in close contact with her association members, the packaging register and the dual systems in the first few months of the year. Many questions had to be answered, Support for and Ambiguities be removed. „That tied up labour here for many weeks,“ she recalls.
[infotext icon]This is how the dual systems assess the start of the packaging register
How did the launch of the LUCID packaging register go from the dual systems' perspective? We have contacted some of you in demand. They were generally satisfied, but reported one or two problems.
[/infotext]The specific reporting obligations took up the most space in the discussions. All of the following must be reported Packaging material quantities, separated according to the individual material fractions such as glass, cardboard, ferrous metals, plastics and others. This procedure ties up a lot of time and labour in the companies.
It soon became apparent that, as always, the devil is in the detail. The BWV discovered Cases of doubt as the inadequate definition of Wrapping film for round bales or the lack of Consideration of sisal cords in the catalogue for the system participation obligation. Improvements have been made here in LUCID.
Bureaucracy has increased
The BVW sales manager summarises that the basic processes are now working well. The Administrative expenses for the companies has increased. Until last year, it was only necessary to report to the dual systems. The reports to LUCID have now been added.
„There's more and more bureaucracy!“
Dr Petra Paul, Sales Manager of the Rhineland-Nassau Farmers' and Winegrowers' Association
When the packaging register was launched last autumn following the delayed provision of the necessary Software As the harvest started slowly, it was a very unfavourable time for the farmers and winegrowers in the BWV to take care of proper registration and reporting. For the winegrowers, the grape harvest was imminent. Nevertheless, they were forced to take time for administrative work because otherwise, according to the Packaging Act, high Fines threatened.
The missing identification number
If they then wanted to register with LUCID, which is only possible online, and had the necessary Internet connection - not a matter of course for small winegrowers and farmers! -They were faced with an insurmountable hurdle: The „national identification“ of their company was required, i.e. a Commercial register or association register number. „In this respect, the packaging register was not ready for practical use,“ says Dr Petra Paul. Farmers and winegrowers have nothing of the sort. The BWV achieved that the packaging register now also includes a Employer's liability insurance association number accepted.
[infotext icon]Professional representation of farmers and foresters
The Rhineland-Nassau Farmers' and Winegrowers' Association is the professional organisation representing farmers, foresters and winegrowers on the Rhine, Moselle, Nahe and Ahr as well as in the Eifel, Hunsrück, Westerwald and Taunus regions. A total of 17,000 independent businesses have joined the association, 6,000 of which are winegrowers.
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