Announcement from the CEO of Repak
No Fee Increases 2011
I am pleased to advise all Repak members that the Repak Board of Directors has decided that there should be no increases yet again in members fees for 2011.This will be the third year in a row that Repak fees have been frozen.
Repak will maintain all subsidies to recyclers at current levels and continue to achieve 2011 targets on your behalf. Based on best knowledge, Repak remains the only packaging compliance scheme within the EU to hold charges at previously low levels while continuing to achieve national recycling targets.
Fees have been held despite a rise both in costs and in recycling targets. This has been achieved through rigid control of costs and getting more for less.
The Repak Board has, however, asked me to signal to you that, even with these strict constraints on costs, 2011 will be the final year that no cost increases can be achieved. Based on the continued growth in domestic recycling which currently accounts for over 70% of the Repak cost base, and the necessity for Repak – as a not-for-profit organisation – to seek equilibrium with costs and expenditure over the medium-term, fee increases for 2012 and beyond will be required.
I thank you all for your continued support in 2010 and look forward to achieving yours and Ireland’s targets in 2011.
Yours in partnership
Dr Andrew Hetherington
Chief Executive
I am pleased to advise all Repak members that the Repak Board of Directors has decided that there should be no increases yet again in members fees for 2011.This will be the third year in a row that Repak fees have been frozen.
Repak will maintain all subsidies to recyclers at current levels and continue to achieve 2011 targets on your behalf. Based on best knowledge, Repak remains the only packaging compliance scheme within the EU to hold charges at previously low levels while continuing to achieve national recycling targets.
Fees have been held despite a rise both in costs and in recycling targets. This has been achieved through rigid control of costs and getting more for less.
The Repak Board has, however, asked me to signal to you that, even with these strict constraints on costs, 2011 will be the final year that no cost increases can be achieved. Based on the continued growth in domestic recycling which currently accounts for over 70% of the Repak cost base, and the necessity for Repak – as a not-for-profit organisation – to seek equilibrium with costs and expenditure over the medium-term, fee increases for 2012 and beyond will be required.
I thank you all for your continued support in 2010 and look forward to achieving yours and Ireland’s targets in 2011.
Yours in partnership
Dr Andrew Hetherington
Chief Executive