Extended Producer Responsibility
Extended Producer Responsibility applies to approximately 50,000 Finnish manufacturers, importers and packers as well as distance sellers.
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- Information on Extended Producer Responsibility
- What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
- Who is subject to Extended Producer Responsibility?
- How to manage Extended Producer Responsibility
- Avoid extra charges
- Recycling statistics (in Finnish)
- Legislation
- Linjaukset ja ohjeet
- Information on distance selling
- Who is a distance seller?
- How does a distance seller meet their Extended Producer Responsibility obligations?
- Producer registers in EU countries
- Information for the distributors
- For Producer Organisations
- For Consumers and Housing Companies
- EPR for the costs of waste collection and cleaning up litter
- Mitä siivouskustannusvastuu tarkoittaa?
- Tietoa tuottajille
- Tietoa kunnille
- Reporting of municipality’s costs of waste collection and cleaning up litter
- FAQ
- Whistleblowing form
Contact us
- tuottajavastuu@ely-keskus.fi
- Centre for Environmental Customer Service
What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
Extended Producer Responsibility for waste management makes recycling efficient and easy.
- companies are responsible for the management of their products when they are discarded.
- Extended Producer Responsibility allows consumers to recycle free of charge.
- The aim is to prevent waste and promote circular economy.
Growth in Chinese Online Sales Challenges Authorities - Black Friday Puts Spotlight on Consumer Responsibility
The number of small parcels ordered by consumers from China will increase by well over 50 percent this year. During the Black Friday shopping frenzy, Customs and the Pirkanmaa ELY Centre emphasise that the growth of distance selling poses challenges for product safety, extended producer responsibility (EPR) and consumer protection.
Kunnat saavat lähes 10 miljoonaa euroa korvauksia kertakäyttöisten muoviroskien siivouskuluista
Pirkanmaan ELY-keskus päätti noin 9,8 miljoonan euron korvauksista kunnille kertakäyttöisten muovituotteiden (SUP) tuottajilta yleisten alueidensa siivoukseen. Hakijoiden määrä lisääntyi lähes 70 prosenttia. Tänä vuonna yli puolet kunnista haki korvauksia, kun viime vuonna hakijoita oli noin kolmasosa kunnista.


