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Denmark
Market price
Denmark's scheme only started on 1 October 2025 — one of the last in the EU — and prices are still being negotiated with competing schemes.
This country sets no national packaging tariff. The figures below are one licensed organisation's own published price list, shown as a market reference — not a national rate. Another licensed organisation may price identical packaging differently.
Responsible organisation
Emballage Indberetning — one of several competing collective schemes
Official source
Last verified
Core materials at a glance
Glass
2.39 kr/kg
≈ €0.3203/kg
Paper/Board
0.11 kr–1.6/kg
≈ €0.0147–€0.2144/kg
Metal
3.29 kr/kg
≈ €0.4409/kg
Aluminium
3.29 kr/kg
≈ €0.4409/kg
Plastic
3.79 kr/kg
≈ €0.5079/kg
Wood
0.64 kr/kg
≈ €0.0858/kg
Rates in detail
12 published rate rows| Material / item | Rate | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Cardboard (household, green)* | 1.60 DKK/kg | — |
| Paper (household, green)* | 0.11 DKK/kg | — |
| Plastic (household, green)* | 3.79 DKK/kg | — |
| Glass (household, green)* | 2.39 DKK/kg | — |
| Ferrous metal (household, green)* | 3.29 DKK/kg | — |
| Aluminium (household, green)* | 3.29 DKK/kg | — |
| Food and beverage cartons (household, green)* | 5.29 DKK/kg | — |
| Combined packaging (household)* | 3.79 DKK/kg | — |
| Wood (commercial)* | 0.64 DKK/kg | — |
| Plastic (household, red / malus)M | 5.05 DKK/kg | — |
| Total packaging under 8 t (household)* | 3.79 DKK/kg | Aggregate rate when reporting all materials together |
| Total packaging under 8 t (commercial)* | 2.64 DKK/kg | Aggregate rate when reporting all materials together |
Return systems in this country
All schemes| Organisation | Waste stream | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ERP Denmark ApS | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| Emballageretur | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| RLG RENE GmbH | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| Shenzhen Jixin Technology Co., Ltd | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| VANA A/S | Packaging · household | Take-back scheme |
| Verpackungs-EPR seit 2025 - Kollektivordninger (u.a. VANA) im Aufbau | Packaging · household | Building |
| ERP Denmark ApS | Packaging · commercial | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | Packaging · commercial | Take-back scheme |
| Emballageretur | Packaging · commercial | Take-back scheme |
| RLG RENE GmbH | Packaging · commercial | Take-back scheme |
| VANA A/S | Packaging · commercial | Take-back scheme |
| ERP Danmark | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| ERP Denmark ApS | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| Elkolekt | WEEE | Older entry |
| Elretur | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| RLG RENE GmbH | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| Recipo A/S | WEEE | Take-back scheme |
| Batteriretur | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| Dansk Bil-retur | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| ERP Denmark ApS | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| Elretur | Batteries | Older entry |
| Elretur / weitere Kollektivordninger | Batteries | Older entry |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| RLG RENE GmbH | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| Recipo A/S | Batteries | Take-back scheme |
| ERP Denmark ApS | Single-use plastics | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | Single-use plastics | Take-back scheme |
| Emballageretur | Single-use plastics | Take-back scheme |
| RLG RENE GmbH | Single-use plastics | Take-back scheme |
| VANA A/S | Single-use plastics | Take-back scheme |
| Bilansvar (c/o Mobility Denmark) | End-of-life vehicles | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS | End-of-life vehicles | Take-back scheme |
| KABoB - Kollektiv Ansvarsordning ApS | End-of-life vehicles | Take-back scheme |
| Dansk Retursystem (Pfandsystem, keine PRO) | Other waste streams | No scheme model |
| ERP Denmark ApS (Fischfanggeräte) | Other waste streams | Take-back scheme |
| Emballage Indberetning ApS (Fischfanggeräte) | Other waste streams | Take-back scheme |
| Emballageretur (Fischfanggeräte) | Other waste streams | Take-back scheme |