What is EPR?
What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
EPR Doesn’t need to be a headache
How Does / Will EPR impact your business ?
EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) & Particulally ESPR on products (Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation) is a set of legislations that is being passed through EU law to work on the liability and responsibility of linear product with a focus on both transparency but a focus on what happens to your linear waste from both manufacturing and post consumer.
There will be fines and taxes that will be introduced which can impact a shared responsibility along your supply chain, into the brand and retailer. This will sting all areas – and business must be ready.
Anyone wanting to sell into the EU will have to work to these new rules – and some countries will start to ban the sale of goods that are not working to compliance.
What do you need to do about EPR ?
Take action on working on the circularity of your product.
Work on your transparency and transition to Sustainably Circular models in procurement
Build DPPs (Digital Product Passports)
Where do you get information and help on EPR ?
These EU webpages have some information on the subject. Calling for more ‘sustainable and Circular products’
It’s quite complicated and you may want to get some support in understanding and being ready to leverage the opportunity / challenge that EPR is.
Who is liable / financially for EPR ?
It can be a combined fee for you as a brand, retailer plus your supply chain ecosystem.
How can we help you with EPR and other aspects relating to business and circularity ?
We are Circularity Specialists with over 40 years experience and help businesses to get a hold on how to apply Circularity and compliance – as well as making this into a win for your business financially and in credibility –
Link you to tech and systems that can help your business to implement this new work.
We can train your teams on how to create this in their day to day work.
We’ve also built up and actively developing an ecosystem of circularity professionals and forward thinking entrepreneurs.
learn more about us at Real Circularity.
Note:
We have put together this website and resources on a best efforts basis. This website does not constitute legal or accounting advice and your circumstances may be different. Regulations, interpretations and laws change that’s why it’s important to review and get great advice.
