Relevant legislation

The producer responsibility for packaging has been decided in the EU and implemented in Denmark in the Environmental Protection Act and a statutory order on packaging, which contains the specific rules for producer responsibility.

Read the consultation responses VANA has written during the implementation process (Danish)

Danish legislation - executive order

Packaging:

• Statutory Order on certain requirements for packaging, extended producer responsibility for packaging and other waste collected with packaging waste (Danish)

• Changes to the order under consultation until June 10 - August 12 (Danish)

• Changes to the order under consultation - deadline: 19th of September (Danish)

The order was submitted for consultation with a deadline of August 12th to ensure that the producer responsibility organisations (PRO's) that have been obliged to take over waste through emergency allocation, can have their actual, documented costs covered via the financial guarantee during the period until a new allocation comes into effect.

The order was resubmitted for consultation on September 13th with the aim of implementing the government’s political announcements. Read more about the political agreement on the framework for producer responsibility for packaging in place.

• View the key figures for payments relating to household non-packaging waste and for commercial packaging waste (Danish)

Guides:

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's general guidance on the producer responsibility on packaging (Danish)

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guidance to the statutory order on packaging (Danish)

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guidance on setting and calculating eco-modulated fees (Danish)

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guidance on reusable packaging (Danish)

Guidelines on sorting:

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's sorting guideline on sorting of waste (Danish)

• Read the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's sorting guideline on sorting criteria for household waste (Danish)

Single-use plastic products:

• Statutory Order on Extended Producer Responsibility for Certain Single-Use Plastic Products (Danish)

Guides:

• The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has not issued a guide to single-use plastic products, but you can read this information material (Danish)

• Read the EU Commission guidelines on product criteria for single-use plastic products

Danish legislation - general framework

• Read the Environmental Protection Act (retsinformation.dk) (Danish)

EU

• Revised waste directive: Read the Directive (EU) 2018/ of 30 May 2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (Danish)

• Revised packaging directive: Read the Directive (EU) 2018/ of 30 May 2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (Danish)

• Single-Use Plastics Directive: Read the Directive (EU) 2019/ of 5 June 2019 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the environmental impact of certain plastic products (Danish)

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

• PPWR: Read the Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of 19 December 2024 of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR)

• Guidance: Read the EU Commission's Guidance from the 5th of June 2026

• EU Commission FAQ: Find answers to frequently asked questions regarding PPWR