5.
Additional data on accredited compliance organisations
5.1. Fost Plus reference costs (for collection and sorting) for 2025 and 2026
The IRPC determined the reference costs for 2025 as follows:
Kerbside
(EUR/tonne) Recycling
centres
(EUR/tonne) Total
(EUR/tonne)
Glass
Paper/
cardboard
PMD
collection
PMD sorting
For a detailed overview of these reference costs and further information about how they are calculated, please refer to the data sheet available on our website.
The IRPC determined the reference costs for 2026 as follows:
Kerbside
(EUR/tonne) Recycling
centres
(EUR/tonne) Total
(EUR/tonne)
Glass
Paper/
cardboard
PMD
collection
PMD sorting
5.1. Fost Plus reference costs (for collection and sorting) for 2025 and 2026
The IRPC determined the reference costs for 2025 as follows:
Kerbside
(EUR/tonne) Recycling
centres
(EUR/tonne) Total
(EUR/tonne)
Glass
Paper/
cardboard
PMD
collection
PMD sorting
The IRPC determined the reference costs for 2026 as follows:
Kerbside
(EUR/tonne) Recycling
centres
(EUR/tonne) Total
(EUR/tonne)
Glass
Paper/
cardboard
PMD
collection
PMD sorting
For a detailed overview of these reference costs and further information about how they are calculated, please refer to the data sheet available on our website.
5.2. Payments to unpackers by Valipac in 2025
In 2025, Valipac reported on the payment of incentives for 2024.
In all, 46,824 certificates were approved for 2024, representing a total amount of EUR 8.61 million. Not all of the approved certificates are actually paid out, as a large proportion of the bonuses approved by Valipac are not claimed by the unpackers concerned. The amount paid out for 2024 was EUR 5.19 million.
Each year, Valipac also monitors the distribution of bonuses between the different business sectors. Half of the bonuses paid out go to unpackers with fewer than 50 employees (very small SMEs with fewer than 10 employees + SMEs). In contrast, large companies (with more than 200 employees) receive 31% of the bonuses based on just 5% of the certificates.
5.3. Value of the materials
Reference values Fost Plus 2025
(selectively collected and sorted) Average price
(EUR/tonne)
1 This category concerns limited quantities derived from the post-sorting of residual waste.
Value of industrial and commercial packaging waste in 2025
Each year, Valipac produces a report on the sales prices of secondary raw materials: paper/cardboard, metal, wood (separated into pallets and wood chips) and plastics (separated into films and HDPE). The following sales prices were set for 2025: