About the producer responsibility for packaging
The extended producer responsibility for packaging is expected to come into force on 1 October 2025 (postponed from 1 July 2025 in the bill), but covered companies are already obliged to register and report an estimate of their expected packaging quantities for 2024 with a deadline on 31 August 2024.
In other words, the producer and importer who place packaging on the market are responsible for the packaging throughout its life cycle - also after the packaging is empty and sorted by the consumer.
The purpose of the producer responsibility
The overall purpose of the producer responsibility is to reduce the amount of packaging, ensure efficient collection and management of packaging waste and to motivate producers to produce better and more environmentally friendly design of packaging - both for prevention, reuse, and recycling.
In popular terms, we talk about closing the circle - 'close the loop'.
The extended producer responsibility for packaging comes into force in 2025, but covered companies are obliged to register and report an estimate of their expected packaging quantities for 2024 already now and before 31st August 2024.
Read more abour the registration and the reporting obligation here.
Overall consequences of the producer responsibility for packaging
- Approximately 41,000 companies will be covered in Denmark
- Expenses amounting to at least DKK 2.3 billion per year is moved from the consumers to the producers
- Expected approx. 961,000 tons of packaging/year
Covered companies
All companies that put packaged products on the Danish market are covered by the producer responsibility. Check if your business is covered here.
Covered packaging types
All types of packaging are covered by the producer responsibility for packaging, regardless of industry, profession, and purpose of packaging - however packaging covered by the Danish deposit system is exempted.
Read more about the different packaging materials and packaging types here.
Reporting of expected packaging quantities for 2024
Companies covered by the producer responsibility for packaging must register with the authorities before 31 August 2024 and report their expected packaging quantities for 2024.
If you are a member of VANA, you can do it all in one place - in the Member Portal.
Read more about the registration and reporting obligation here.