Why not just publish prices?

Because a price without volumes would be either meaningless or misleading. The assessment is free and fast, and it produces a fixed figure you can budget with.

Is the contribution a tax?

It is an Environmental Fund obligation, fiscal in nature. Transferring your targets to a licensed organisation is normally materially cheaper than paying the shortfall contribution.

By bank transfer against an invoice from AK WASTEGUARD SRL, a Romanian company with VAT number RO55304767, so reverse charge applies for EU business clients.

Are there hidden costs?

No. The quote names our fee, the scheme fee basis and any one-off work. Rates set by legislation can change, and when they do we tell you before the next filing.

What it costs, and what the cost depends on

We do not publish a price list, because two sellers with the same turnover can have packaging weights that differ by a factor of ten. What we can be fully transparent about is the structure: which components exist, what drives each one, and what we need from you to quote a firm figure.

The three components

Component	Paid to	What it depends on
Scheme fee or contribution	A licensed Romanian organisation, or the Environmental Fund	Weight per material placed on the Romanian market, and the applicable rates and targets
Our service fee	AK WASTEGUARD SRL	Number of streams, number of products, reporting frequency and whether we also act as authorised representative
Past-period regularisation	Environmental Fund, plus our one-off work	How many months were never declared, and the volumes in those months

What makes a file cheap or expensive

Packaging weight, not order count: glass and heavy cartons cost far more than mailers.
Number of streams: packaging alone is the simplest case; packaging plus WEEE plus batteries is three reporting lines.
Number of SKUs and how often packaging changes, which drives the data work.
Whether you already track packaging weight per article — if you do, onboarding is much faster.
How many past months need regularising.

How we get to a firm number

1
You send data
Product list, packaging weights if you have them, units shipped to Romania per year, and since when.
2
We assess, free of charge
Applicable streams, the reporting base and the exposure for past periods, in writing.
3
You get a fixed quote
Our fee stated as a fixed monthly amount plus, where relevant, a one-off for setup and past periods.
4
You decide
No obligation to proceed, and the assessment is yours either way.

What we will not do

We will not quote before we understand your volumes, and we will not present the contribution as our fee or vice versa. You always see which part goes where.

Frequently asked questions

Why not just publish prices?: Because a price without volumes would be either meaningless or misleading. The assessment is free and fast, and it produces a fixed figure you can budget with.
Is the contribution a tax?: It is an Environmental Fund obligation, fiscal in nature. Transferring your targets to a licensed organisation is normally materially cheaper than paying the shortfall contribution.
How do we pay you?: By bank transfer against an invoice from AK WASTEGUARD SRL, a Romanian company with VAT number RO55304767, so reverse charge applies for EU business clients.
Are there hidden costs?: No. The quote names our fee, the scheme fee basis and any one-off work. Rates set by legislation can change, and when they do we tell you before the next filing.

Tell us what you sell in Romania

Send us your product and packaging types and roughly how much you ship to Romania. We reply with the obligations that apply to you and what registration would involve.