EPR GUIDES
EPR compliance, step by step.
Registration, reporting, packaging fees, and what counts as a producer. Guides for anyone placing packaging on an EU market.
All EPR guides
EPRFeesReportingUK Plastic Packaging Tax: How to Register, Calculate and File
UK Plastic Packaging Tax is £228.82 per tonne from 1 April 2026. Learn the 10-tonne threshold, 30% recycled-content test and quarterly return process.
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EPRRegistrationDeadlinesEPR Registration Deadlines in the EU: How Long Do You Have?
Six EU markets put a numeric clock on EPR registration, from 14 days before your first sale to three months after. Twenty markets, eleven annual deadlines.
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EPRMarketplacesRegistrationEPR for eBay and Etsy Sellers: What Non-Amazon Marketplaces Require
EPR follows the seller, not the platform. eBay hides listings without your numbers, Etsy requires a French ID number, and your webshop has no gatekeeper.
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EPRDeadlinesReportingEPR Reporting Deadlines 2026: Every Packaging Due Date, Country by Country
Most EU packaging declarations fall in Q1 for the prior year: France 28 February, Sweden 31 March, Netherlands and UK 1 April. Germany sets no fixed date.
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EPRRecyclabilityComposite Packaging and EPR: How to Report Multi-Material Packaging
Composite packaging is materials bonded so a consumer cannot separate them. Under 5% of weight you report mono-material; above it, composite rules apply.
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EPRReportingB2C vs B2B Packaging: How to Split It for EPR Reporting
Packaging is classed household or commercial by size and design, not the buyer. Household fees fund municipal collection; commercial packaging costs far less.
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EPRRegistrationReportingThe EPR Compliance Checklist for Online Sellers
EPR compliance runs in eight steps per country: confirm you are the producer, register and join a PRO, collect weights by material, file on schedule, then pay.
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EPRReportingHow to Collect Packaging Data from Your Orders for EPR
Build a packaging spec per SKU: weigh each component in grams, multiply by units sold per country. Components under 5% report as the dominant material.
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EPRFeesHow Are EPR Packaging Fees Calculated?
EPR fees are weight of material x base fee per material x recyclability factor. How rates, eco-modulation and national price lists change your bill.
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EPRFeesEco-Modulation: How to Lower Your Packaging Fees by Design
Eco-modulation multiplies EPR fees by recyclability, bonus or malus. Denmark adds 35% for red-tier materials; France penalises complex plastics up to 25%.
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EPRSoftwareReportingEPR Software: Automate Packaging Reporting
EPR reporting software turns store orders into packaging reports: it maps orders to packaging presets, aggregates weights and keeps an audit trail.
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EPRMarketplacesAmazonEPR for Amazon Sellers: 2026 Rules & Delisting
Amazon suspends listings without a valid EPR number: LUCID in Germany, IDU in France today, every EU market you sell to once PPWR applies 12 August 2026.
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EPRBasicsRegistrationWhat Is an EPR Number & How to Get One (2026)
An EPR number is the registration code a national authority issues for packaging compliance. Normally free, verified by marketplaces, and one per country.
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EPRRegistrationWho Must Register for EPR? Producer Rules Explained
Almost every cross-border e-commerce merchant must register for EPR. You are a producer if you manufacture, pack, import, or distance-sell into a market.
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EPRPPWRBasicsEPR vs PPWR: The Difference Explained (2026)
EPR is the principle that makes you pay for packaging waste. PPWR is the binding EU regulation, applicable 12 August 2026, that dictates packaging design.
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EPRBasicsWhat Is EPR? Extended Producer Responsibility Explained
Extended Producer Responsibility makes whoever first places packaging on a market pay to recycle it. Register per country, join a PRO, report by material.
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