Your responsibilities
According to the Austrian Waste Management Act (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz – AWG), primary obligated parties for packacking are obliged to join a compliance scheme for household packaging regarding the quantities of household packaging they have put on the market.
Primary obligated parties are:
- manufacturers and importers of service packaging with their registered office or a branch in Austria
- packers with their registered office or a branch in Austria regarding the packaging which is not service packaging used by them for the first time,
- importers with their registered office or a branch in Austria regarding the packaging of the products or goods imported by them,
- importers for own use with their registered office or a branch in Austria regarding the packaging of the products or goods that are purchased from abroad for the operation of their own business that becomes waste within the company, and
- mail-order companies without registered office or branch in Austria that deliver packagings or products or goods in packaging to a private final customer in Austria in the course of distance selling.
Packaging compliance is a complex topic and requires a lot of expertise.