Tag "EPR"
Miklós Nagy: “The EPR system is moving too fast”
Date: 2024-11-15 11:48:41
Our magazine interviewed Miklós Nagy, technical secretary of the National Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ). This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11 – How is...
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Smaller footprint, bigger impact
Date: 2024-10-11 11:27:38
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 Natural solutions According to Anna Keinänen, market intelligence manager of Metsä Board, e-commerce had already been growing fast before Covid...
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EPR system: difficulties and challenges for companies
Date: 2024-09-23 12:12:21
A year ago, companies were just getting to know the EPR (extended producer responsibility) system, but today it has become clear that compliance with the new rules is a serious...
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MOHU: the number of returned beverage packages reached one hundred million
Date: 2024-08-13 12:20:04
The number of returned beverage bottles, cans and glasses in the mandatory redemption fee system (DRS) in Hungary has reached 100 million, the head of the producer responsibility system of...
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Domestic beer consumption is drastically decreasing
Date: 2024-07-29 12:20:01
Serious changes can be observed in the domestic beer market: although the decrease in consumption does not spare this sector either, there is an increasing demand for quality beers. This...
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EPR and DRS pose challenges for the Hungarian wine industry
Date: 2024-07-16 11:31:40
The newly introduced Extended Producer Responsibility System (EPR) and the Mandatory Redemption System (DRS) represent a significant challenge for Hungarian winemakers, which impose both administrative and budgetary burdens on the...
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Innovation Day for the fourth time this year
Date: 2024-06-06 11:56:11
This year’s Innovation Day event and the awards ceremony of the Inno d’Or – Innovation of the Year 2024 competition was organised at Hungexpo on 16 May. This article is...
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A greeting card for customers? You may also be affected by the EPR fee!
Date: 2024-04-01 11:44:01
One of the biggest challenges of today is protecting the environment and reducing its pollution as strongly as possible, especially with regard to the environmental burden caused by the huge...
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Válaszúton a csomagolóipar
Date: 2023-12-21 12:07:27
A hazai csomagolási piacnak napjainkban egyszerre több kihívásnak is meg kell felelnie. A szegmensben az egyszerűbb tömegtermékeknél erősebb visszaesés érzékelhető. A gyenge kereslet részben a negatív gazdasági környezet, részben pedig...
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Nagy Miklós: „A jelenleg hatályos EPR-díjak számos ellentmondást hordoznak”
Date: 2023-12-20 18:28:28
Forró hangulatot teremtett a hazai csomagolóiparban a nyár közepén bevezetett EPR-rendszer, az érintettek a mai napig nem ocsúdtak fel abból a sokkból, amit a változások, azokon belül is leginkább a...
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Tejet iszunk, de desszertre már nincs pénz
Date: 2023-12-13 12:04:36
A tejágazatban korábban megkezdődött trendek, amelyek egyértelműen a prémium és magasabb hozzáadott értékű tejtermékek népszerűségére mutattak, az elmúlt egy-két év gazdasági hatásainak eredményeként megfordulni látszanak. A cikk a Trade magazin...
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DRS, EPR, GTIN, PPWR meg a szesz
Date: 2023-12-13 09:48:20
A szeszesital-iparban érintett hazai gyártó és kereskedő vállalkozások aktuális problémáiról Nagy Andrással, a gyártókat, alapanyaggyártókat és importőröket tömörítő Magyar Szeszipari Szövetség és Terméktanács igazgatójával beszélgettünk. A cikk a Trade magazin...
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Nehéz talpon maradni
Date: 2023-12-12 11:06:05
A tartósítóipar évi becsült 220 Mrd forintot meghaladó árbevétele körülbelül 8-10%-át jelenti a teljes élelmiszeriparnak. Az elmúlt évtized a nyereségesség lassú, de egyértelmű trendszerű javulását mutatta, olyan törésekkel, mint a...
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Hullámzó eredmények, tornyosuló elvárások
Date: 2023-12-12 11:05:51
Az ásványvíz-, gyümölcslé- és üdítőital-ágazat évente mintegy 300 milliárd forint termelési értéket állít elő. A három szegmensben az elmúlt időszakban nagy gondot okozott a nyersanyagok, a csomagolóanyagok, az energia, valamint...
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Nationwide return system for drinks packaging is ready to launch
Date: 2023-12-07 11:39:59
Soon a nationwide return scheme for single-use beverage containers will be launched, and is expected to result in the return of approximately 3 billion cans, PET and glass bottles per...
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More questions than answers in the packaging sector
Date: 2023-12-07 10:40:01
On 30 November 2022, the European Commission published a draft regulation on packaging and packaging waste, the so-called PPWR Regulation. The legislative process is ongoing and expected to enter into...
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According to a study, three quarters of the population will return every bottle with a deposit fee
Date: 2023-11-29 11:43:42
On the whole, Hungarians welcome the introduction of the new bottle redemption system, three quarters of the population will try to redeem all bottles with a deposit fee – according...
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Food may become more expensive if the fees to be paid for packaging increase next year
Date: 2023-11-28 13:50:45
By the end of November, the Government must announce the amount of fees valid for 2024 to be paid by manufacturers to the concession company for food packaging. When the...
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New regulations affect wine producers
Date: 2023-10-06 10:00:25
Wine producers must adapt to new rules. Within the framework of the extended producer responsibility system, a simplified administrative and lower flat-rate fee will be introduced for the wine industry, new...
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„Ezt nem gondoltam volna” – Moldova György után szabadon
Date: 2023-09-28 12:20:07
A 2002 és 2004 közötti időszak nagy reményekkel volt tele. Új tavaszt vártunk: öt évvel NATO-tagságunk elnyerése után azt, hogy 2004. május elsején felcsendüljön az Örömóda, és a tűzijáték feletti...
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Sustainability with reservations
Date: 2023-08-30 13:50:15
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/8-9. The Hungarian Food Bank Association has been helping people in need for 18 years “For the first time, this year...
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HNT: the new waste management regulations cannot increase the burden on grape and wine producers
Date: 2023-07-21 11:00:17
According to the National Council of Mountain Communities (HNT), the economic and bureaucratic burdens of grape and wine production should not be increased, the organization therefore welcomes the fact that,...
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The latest EPR regulations have arrived, which affects everyone!
Date: 2023-07-14 13:56:42
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The EPR system has come into effect, but manufacturers and distributors still don’t know what to do
Date: 2023-06-30 17:27:43
The EPR system will come into effect on July 1st, but most manufacturers and distributors are still only guessing about what they have to do, what effect this will have...
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More and more people are asking for a salary increase due to inflation, but almost a quarter of companies are considering downsizing
Date: 2023-06-29 12:50:53
In about half of Hungarian companies, employees demand extraordinary wage increases, however, in the current situation, many companies are already having trouble avoiding layoffs, according to Intrum’s European Pay Report....
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The currently known rules of the extended producer responsibility system would change significantly
Date: 2023-06-28 18:12:34
On June 19, 2023, a proposal to amend the regulations of the extended producer responsibility system (EPR) was published on the website of the Ministry of Energy, which would fundamentally...
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GVH: it may be illegal to pass on the manufacturer’s waste management fees to customers
Date: 2023-06-16 13:14:12
From the point of view of competition law, the co-ordinated passing on of the waste recycling fees charged to the manufacturer and, in the case of foreign production, the distributor,...
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Food prices continue to rise due to the EPR
Date: 2023-06-15 20:03:26
Food prices could increase by up to 4 percent due to the introduction of extended producer responsibility and the new industry burden for packaging materials. Starting from July 1st, in...
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CSAOSZ: here is the evaluation of the level of the EPR fee items, in the light of the items of the environmental protection product fee
Date: 2023-06-09 11:30:29
In the 81st issue of the Magyar Közlöny, published on June 2, 2023, the ministerial decree determining the fees for extended producer responsibility was released with a two-day delay compared...
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The transformation of the waste management system in July may significantly increase food prices
Date: 2023-06-05 12:11:38
In recent years, in order to remedy the environmental protection problems related to the packaging of products, such as food, and to increase the efficiency of recycling, the so-called extended...
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