Annual Report - Sens

Manufacturers, importers and dealers
Processes:
ongoing optimisation
Manufacturers, importers and dealers make a major contribution to the success
of SENS take-back and recycling systems. In 2011 the number of these key contractual
partners and participants was again increased.
To fulfil the statutory requirements of the VREG efficiently, more
and more manufacturers, importers and dealers are signing up
to the SENS system, as contractual partners or participants,
becoming part of the successful ARF model.
Decision on a new appliance category
The ARF Commission is responsible for reviewing and setting
the ARF tariffs every year, and for updating the lists of ARF
appliances. In 2011 the SENS Head Office was asked to work
closely together with the Commission to evaluate the introduction
of a new category of appliances: those weighing up to
250 grams. The evaluation was based on the results of a survey
completed and returned by 136 participating con trac tual
partners (which corresponds to a response rate of over 65 per
cent): the evaluation showed that introducing a new category
such as this would ensure that there was closer correspondence
between the ARF tariff and the purchase price. The rate
of the ARF for the new category will be fixed during 2012 and
an application submitted to the foundation’s Board of Trustees.
The new category will be introduced in 2013 at the earliest.
ARF success model
The ARF revenues finance recycling on a pay-as-you-go basis.
ARF
SENS funds
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Cash flow Materials flow
Manufacturer, importer
ARF
Trade
ARF
Consumer
Payment
Payment
Payment
Optimising the service processes
Introducing an online database is a logical step towards an
efficient holistic solution for our collaboration with our partners:
the existing process whereby the manufacturers and importers
send SENS the lists in which the sales figures per item and
category are recorded in writing once or twice a year, will be
replaced by a more efficient, more user-friendly online process.
In close cooperation with our partners and taking their needs
into account, the web-based solution will be tested in a pilot
project from 1 July 2012. In the future, online processing of the
invoices will not only optimise our service processes, but also
make a major contribution to simplifying statistical data collection
and analysis, and to increasing the frequency of effective
invoices.
Collection point
Transport company
Recycling company