Financing

The system is financed throughout the payments made by Fillers/ Importers in a clear adoption of the polluter-pays principle. The licence fees are calculated according to the weight of the respective packaging material put into the Portuguese market.

In return for the fee collected, SPV grants the Fillers/ Importers permission to mark their packaging with the "Green Dot". This symbol together with a certificate issued by SPV, confirms that the companies belong to the Integrated System and have transferred their recovery obligations to an officially recognized system-operating organisation.

Functioning as a non-profit organisation, SPV fully allocates its annual overall income to expenditure on the following grounds: the budget to cover the additional costs of municipalities in regard to multi-material collection and sorting represents the biggest slice of the revenues, whereas the remaining part is allocated to budgets meant for communication and environmental education as well as research & development projects.

Tariffs

How are the licence fees calculated?

VAT not included.

The licence fees which are used to finance the Green Dot system are calculated on the basis of material type and weight. The licence fees are paid by packers and fillers according to the weight of the packaging placed on the Portuguese market per annum.