Collection regulation for sales via vending machines and online retail
Special types of sales
1. Sales via vending machines: The final distributor does not have to collect the empty containers. Instead, a compensatory payment per container has to be paid (to Recycling Pfand Österreich). (The amount depends on the effort and costs involved in making the additional collections at other collection points). Exception: If a collection point can be shown to be in the immediate vicinity of the vending machine, and reference is clearly and visibly made to this fact, the compensatory payment may be waived.
2. Online retail:
- If the online retailer delivers products itself (with its own delivery service): The final distributor has to ensure collection and reimbursement of the deposit at the time of delivery. The deposit can be disbursed using the same method that the order is paid for. The supplier only has to collect those deposit-paid drinks containers that are also offered (this depends on the material and fill volume, not on the brand) and only in the quantity that is normally ordered.
- If the online retailer sends products via postal, parcel or freight services, the deposit per container must be levied, although the drinks containers do not have to be collected. A compensatory payment per container has to be paid (to Recycling Pfand Österreich). (The amount depends on the effort and costs involved in making the additional collections at other collection points).
3. Food deliveries: In the case of food deliveries from restaurants and their appointed third parties (= delivery services), the containers on which a deposit is levied do not have to be collected and the deposit does not have to be reimbursed. However, a compensatory payment does have to be paid by the final distributor = restaurant operator (to Recycling Pfand Österreich).
