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oughly a 50/50 split between those collecting themselves and those contracting it
out. Intermunicipalities that choose not to collect the waste themselves consult the
market using a standardised tender book, written by FOST-Plus. This ensures that the
requirements and expectations of service delivery are equally met across Belgium.
FOST-Plus and the intermunicipality make a joint decision as to which waste
management company to use. 279
Essential in the cooperation between FOST-Plus and the intermunicipal utility
organisations is the idea that no costs for the collection of packaging waste should be
borne by the public purse. Even if public infrastructure is used for the collection of
the waste, the costs have to be paid by the producers of the packaging material
through FOST-Plus. In order to guarantee this principle, the IVCIE guards the
application of realistic costs for the use of this infrastructure, e.g. for the use of civic
amenity sites or public waste collection rounds.
In turn, part of the agreement FOST-Plus provides the intermunicipalities with
specifications for collection and sorting, including quality criteria. It also provides an
administrative monitoring system (ProFost) which allows individual trucks to be
monitored and the location of waste to be known at all times. 279
The recyclers used are selected by FOST-Plus, again using a standardised tender
book with detailed specifications. The selection of recyclers is supervised by joint
committee of the intermunicipalities, IVCIE and FOST-Plus. The price indexation is
linked to the evolution of raw materials. The recycling process is verified by
independent auditors. 279
Parties responsible for industrial packaging that join Val-I-Pac sign an open ended
agreement (which can be terminated each year) with Val-I-Pac. They make a yearly
declaration of the weight, type and quantity of packaging they put on the Belgian
market. They then pay a fee in function of the total weight of the packaging, the
material it is made of, and the possibility to recycle it at the end of use
(www.valipac.be).
15.3.2 Printed Materials
The implementation of the take-back obligation for printed materials is realised
through two different MBOs: one for publicity and unsolicited mail 280 , and one for
dealing with periodicals. 281 .
The MBO on publicity and unsolicited mail was signed by the federations BDMV
(Belgian direct marketing association, FEBELGRA (federation of the Belgian printing
and communication industry), FEDIS (Belgian Federation of distributors), VEGRAB
(federation of printing companies), NAVETEX (national association of textile retailers)
and VDV (association of food retailers). The members of these federations all pay a
contribution of €0.005 per kg paper they put on the market. These contributions are
280 B.S. 10/02/99 Milieubeleidsovereenkomst papier met BDMV, FEBELGRA, FEDIS, NAVETEX, VDV en
VEGRAB.
281 B.S. 24/04/98 Milieubeleidsovereenkomst Papier met BVDU, NFIW, UUP en VUKPP.
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