Badge
A Pickerl is a word that is used specifically in Austria ( Austriazismus ) for a sticker or label. Most of the time, the term is used in connection with inspection stickers such as the motor vehicle inspection sticker . Foreign drivers who use Austria as a transit country usually associate it with the motorway vignette , while in Vienna the fee- based parking sticker allows drivers to park in the residential district without filling out a parking ticket.
The badge became a topic for the media during the oil crisis after the Yom Kippur War , when the car-free day was enacted in Austria . The day on which motorists were prepared to give up their motor vehicle had to be signaled with a sticker on the windshield. The Minister of Commerce responsible for this campaign, Josef Staribacher , was nicknamed “Pickerl-Pepi”.
Aside from motor traffic, you can find “stickers” in the canteens of the University of Vienna, for example . There, the “Mensa-Pickerl” entitles the Austrian Students' Union to a price reduction on every cafeteria menu.
When buying refrigerators in Austria, from 1993 onwards, the Environment Forum Household (UFH) collected a disposal fee. This contribution was proven by a sticker, the so-called "refrigerator sticker". This action was stopped in 2005 and those affected were able to apply for a refund.
When purchasing electrical appliances for the household (fridges, washing machines, ...), the “energy sticker” provides information about the energy consumption and consequently about the operating costs of the device.
Individual evidence
- ↑ HELP.gv.at - Education - University - Aid and support: paragraph cafeteria
- ↑ Archive report: From August 13th: Hand in electronic scrap for free - wien.gv.at
- ^ Fridge sticker - Vienna Chamber of Labor - Information from the AK ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Province of Upper Austria - Energy Saving Tips ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
