The Recupel contribution is the amount that you pay when you purchase a new electro-appliance. Recupel uses the revenues to coordinate and organise the collection, sorting, processing and recycling of discarded electro-appliances in Belgium.

All appliances for which a Recupel contribution applies are listed in the product lists and are divided into 10 categories. Each category is further divided into ‘household’ and ‘professional’.

An 'all-in' contribution applies to household appliances. You pay this contribution upon purchasing a new appliance, and the contribution is stated separately on the invoice or the purchase receipt as 'Recupel contribution'. In contrast to the 'administrative contribution', this ‘all-in’ contribution covers the costs for collection and processing as well as for Recupel’s operations and communications.

The ‘all-in’ contribution covers the collection, sorting, transport and processing of the appliances that are brought back to the container park or to the shop at the time of purchase of a new similar appliance. A part of the contribution also goes towards Recupel’s operations and communications (reporting, monitoring companies, ...).

The amount of the all-in contribution varies from product group to product group and is calculated on the basis of the average weight of the product group, the components of the various electro-appliances, the collection percentage, the processing technology, the product life span and other parameters.

An administrative contribution applies to all professional electro-appliances when they are brought onto the market by the manufacturer or importer. This contribution covers Recupel‘s costs for administration and reporting but not for collection and processing.

This administrative contribution covers reporting and administrative costs. For most appliances with an administrative contribution, a retroactive declaration is in force starting from 1 July 2005. This is an informative declaration; the invoicing of the administrative contribution for most professional product categories starts as of the declaration of January 2007. This administrative contribution cannot be re-claimed.